{"product_id":"the-inside-of-an-apple-joshua-beckman-9781933517759","title":"The Inside of an Apple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If you take a broad squint at our nation's new poets you can find two general strategies: poets who are carrying the torch, and poets who are using it to start fires. And then we have Joshua Beckman. He seems to be doing everything.\"--Daniel Handler, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beckman . . . does the incredible work of writing poems full of desire, for a world in the midst of radical upheaval.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review for \u003ci\u003eTake It\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Beckman is at his most immediate, attentive, and available in \u003ci\u003eThe Inside of an Apple\u003c\/i\u003e. Beckman's latest collection of sincere, spare poems invites the reader to experience a revelation of consciousness and a generosity of spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet my still dark soul\u003cbr\u003ebe music. A made whistle\u003cbr\u003efloating out a window\u003cbr\u003earranged.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome little thing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efell and I picked it up\u003cbr\u003eand up it kept on going.\u003cp\u003eEight dead stars \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003emake a sickle, \u003cbr\u003eand the earth\u003cbr\u003eis covered in grass.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Beckman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine books, including collections of poetry, translations, and collaborations. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Seattle and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Beckman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933517751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933517759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.30d","brand":"Joshua Beckman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983821144319,"sku":"9781933517759","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_120c80fa-fb28-430a-aad6-d881e457ea97.jpg?v=1683268919","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-inside-of-an-apple-joshua-beckman-9781933517759","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}