{"product_id":"the-spoonlight-institute-alan-bernheimer-9780976161288","title":"The Spoonlight Institute","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"My Blue Hawaii\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery queen loves a lobster\u003cbr\u003ewith the nerve to kill time\u003cbr\u003esince it's easy to be sure in a bistro\u003cbr\u003ewhere more than dogs are turned away\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour mother had the particle\u003cbr\u003ebut key words are too brittle\u003cbr\u003eto warp the probity of a lifetime\u003cbr\u003efor a perp walk through a wafer fab\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you don't pay attention\u003cbr\u003eto the little things\u003cbr\u003ethe big things will fall down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's only a pay per view moon\u003cbr\u003eand slowness makes everything royal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in New York City, \u003cb\u003eAlan Bernheimer\u003c\/b\u003e graduated in 1970 from Yale University, where he studied with New York poets Ted Berrigan, Peter Schjeldahl, and Bill Berkson. In 1976 he moved to San Francisco and spent time with other young writers such as Rae Armantrout, Carla Harryman, Lyn Hejinian, Bob Perelman, Kit Robinson, Ron Silliman, and Barrett Watten--a group who would soon become known as the San Francisco Language poets. Bernheimer also wrote and performed for Poets Theater and produced and hosted \u003ci\u003eIn the American Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, a radio program of new writing by poets on KPFA. This collection includes recent work; brief selections from his first two books; the entirety of \u003ci\u003eBillionesque\u003c\/i\u003e (The Figures, 1999); and the play \u003ci\u003eParticle Arms\u003c\/i\u003e, which was produced by the San Francisco Poets Theater in the early '80s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Bernheimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0976161281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780976161288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Adventures in Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Alan Bernheimer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435746701567,"sku":"9780976161288","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3e78de2-e462-4af5-9b04-b3d8e692ebbe.jpg?v=1777152440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-spoonlight-institute-alan-bernheimer-9780976161288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}