{"product_id":"88-sonnets-poems-paperback","title":"88 Sonnets: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClark Coolidge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoolidge's embrace of the sonnet form - a continuation of the project begun in \u003cem\u003eOn the Nameways\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAlien Tatters\u003c\/em\u003e - is a gemlike amalgam of narrative urge, wacky name-dropping, and pure visuality. Coolidge's legendary proliferation - as many as 10 sonnets in a single day - marries the stunning variety of his intellect, on the mountaintop of formal inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClark Coolidge was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Though associated with the Language Poets, his work predates the movement and despite close contact with many of them he remains distinct from any movement, literary or political. His primary literary influences are Rilke, Beckett, and Kerouac, but jazz, geology, and painting also play a large part. This poetic purist shares with many avant-garde artists of the 1950s and 1960s the belief that art is discovery, and so creates an exploratory 'improvisational momentum' in its composition which aims to 'tell the story that has never been thought before' in a writing which is itself the primary focus, rather than its subject matter. The author of more than 20 books of verse and prose, including \u003ci\u003eOwn Face, At Egypt, The Crystal Text, The Maintains, Solution Passage, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMine: One That Enters the Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, he is also the editor of \u003ci\u003ePhilip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e (The Documents of Twentieth-Century Art), 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692990107711,"sku":"9781934200612","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9316bcddc191a533b5af1ee6e35c4674.webp?v=1764997345","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/88-sonnets-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}