{"product_id":"holding-on-upside-down-paperback","title":"Holding On Upside Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Leavell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Plutarch Award for the Best Biography of 2013\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the PEN Weld Award for Biography\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mesmerizing and essential biography of the modernist poet Marianne Moore\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Marianne Moore that survives in the popular imagination is dignified, white-haired, and demure in her tricorne hat; she lives with her mother until the latter's death; she maintains meaningful friendships with fellow poets but never marries or falls in love.\u003cbr\u003e Linda Leavell's \u003ci\u003eHolding On Upside Down\u003c\/i\u003e--the first biography of this major American poet written with the support of the Moore estate--delves beneath the surface of this calcified image to reveal a passionate, canny woman caught between genuine devotion to her mother and an irrepressible desire for personal autonomy and freedom. Her many poems about survival are not just quirky nature studies but acts of survival themselves.\u003cbr\u003e Not only did the young poet join the Greenwich Village artists and writers who wanted to overthrow all her mother's pieties but she also won their admiration for the radical originality of her language and the technical proficiency of her verse. After her mother's death thirty years later, the aging recluse transformed herself, against all expectations, into a charismatic performer and beloved celebrity. She won virtually every literary prize available to her and was widely hailed as America's greatest living poet.\u003cbr\u003e Elegantly written, meticulously researched, critically acute, and psychologically nuanced, \u003ci\u003eHolding On Upside Down\u003c\/i\u003e provides at last the biography that this major poet and complex personality deserves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Leavell\u003c\/b\u003e has been studying Marianne Moore's life and work for nearly three decades. Among her previous publications is the award-winning critical study \u003ci\u003eMarianne Moore and the Visual Arts: Prismatic Color\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her husband in Fayetteville, Arkansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153249140799,"sku":"9780374534943","price":39.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8WRUpHux069780374534943.webp?v=1776945545","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/holding-on-upside-down-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}