{"product_id":"this-time-gerald-stern-9780393319095","title":"This Time: New and Selected Poems","description":"\"This healthy collection of new poems and selections from seven previous volumes is remarkable for its generosity of spirit, manifested in a warm surrealism that is often turned with humor toward his own past as a way of understanding the recurrent questions of growing old: 'Why did it take so long \/ for me to get lenient? What does it mean one life \/ only?' \" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) \"Gerald Stern's achievement is immense. In this beautiful gathering . . . one encounters a poet who praises and mourns in turn and even at once.\" -- Grace Schulman, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e \"Stern is one of those rare poetic souls who makes it almost impossible to remember what our world was like before his poetry came to exalt it.\" -- C. K. Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Stern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393319091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393319095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Boston Book Review - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 53","brand":"Gerald Stern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990171320575,"sku":"9780393319095","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6678021-d5ce-4c23-b0eb-4e558392d661.jpg?v=1683303397","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-time-gerald-stern-9780393319095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}