{"product_id":"the-singing-c-k-williams-9780374529505","title":"The Singing: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew work from the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eRepair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. . . Reality has put itself so solidly before me\u003cbr\u003ethere's little need for mystery . . . Except for us, for how we take the world\u003cbr\u003eto us, and make it more, more than we are, more even than itself.\u003cbr\u003e--from The World \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe awards given to C.K. Williams' two most recent books--a National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Singing \u003c\/i\u003eand a Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eRepair\u003c\/i\u003e--complete the process by which Williams, long admired for the intensity and formal daring of his work, has come to be recognized as one of the few truly great living American poets. Williams treats the characteristic subjects of a poet's maturity--the loss of friends, the love of grandchildren, the receding memories of childhood, the baffling illogic of current events--with an intensity and drive that recall not only his recent work but also his early books, published forty years ago.\u003ci\u003e The Singing\u003c\/i\u003e is a direct and resonant book: searing, hearfelt, permanent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Singing\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. K. Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374529507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374529505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.68h x 5.56w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2004 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2004 pg. 36","brand":"C. K. Williams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919608905983,"sku":"9780374529505","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b7927aa2-6698-4a06-ac40-94954595607a.jpg?v=1680810337","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-singing-c-k-williams-9780374529505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}