{"product_id":"who-reads-poetry-fred-sasaki-9780226504766","title":"Who Reads Poetry: 50 Views from \"Poetry\" Magazine","description":"Who reads poetry? We know that poets do, but what about the rest of us? When and why do we turn to verse? Seeking the answer, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e magazine since 2005 has published a column called \"The View From Here,\" which has invited readers \"from outside the world of poetry\" to describe what has drawn them to poetry. Over the years, the incredibly diverse set of contributors have included philosophers, journalists, musicians, and artists, as well as doctors and soldiers, an iron-worker, an anthropologist, and an economist. This collection brings together fifty compelling pieces, which are in turns surprising, provocative, touching, and funny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In one essay, musician Neko Case calls poetry \"a delicate, pretty lady with a candy exoskeleton on the outside of her crepe-paper dress.\" In another, anthropologist Helen Fisher turns to poetry while researching the effects of love on the brain, \"As other anthropologists have studied fossils, arrowheads, or pot shards to understand human thought, I studied poetry. . . . I wasn't disappointed: everywhere poets have described the emotional fallout produced by the brain's eruptions.\" Even film critic Roger Ebert memorized the poetry of e. e. cummings, and the rapper Rhymefest attests here to the self-actualizing power of poems: \"Words can create worlds, and I've discovered that poetry can not only be read but also lived out. My life is a poem.\" Music critic Alex Ross tells us that he keeps a paperback of \u003ci\u003eThe Palm at the End of the Mind \u003c\/i\u003eby Wallace Stevens on his desk next to other, more utilitarian books like a German dictionary, a King James Bible, and a Macintosh troubleshooting manual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Reads Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e offers a truly unique and broad selection of perspectives and reflections, proving that poetry can be read by everyone. No matter what you're seeking, you can find it within the lines of a poem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred Sasaki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022650476X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226504766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2017","brand":"Fred Sasaki","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086414754047,"sku":"9780226504766","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_616b067d-3331-475c-b4b9-2e780e29786d.jpg?v=1769094537","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/who-reads-poetry-fred-sasaki-9780226504766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}