{"product_id":"room-service-poems-meditations-outcries-remarks-poems-meditations-outcries-remarks-paperback","title":"Room Service: Poems, Meditations, Outcries \u0026 Remarks: Poems, Meditations, Outcries \u0026 Remarks - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRon Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did one of America s most gifted fabulists come to write a collection of poetry? For thirty years, Ron Carlson has joked about writing one poem a year, and to look for his book of them in 2012. The joke came true: \u003ci\u003eRoom Service: Poems, Meditations, Outcries and Remarks\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-bending collection of traditional verse, prose poetry, microfiction, and--why not?--a play or two, dancing easily from the lyrical to the surreal to the comical, capturing the long sweep of life s simple necessities and small triumphs. Brimming with Carlson s signature good humor, these pieces were written over many years in many places, and are unified, as befits a first book of poetry, by hope. \u003ci\u003eRoom Service\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us why poetry is necessary, and will leave you wondering what took him so long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight books of fiction, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Signal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e His short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pushcart Prize Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Norton Anthology of Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, and other anthologies\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction and a National Society of Arts and Letters Literature Award. His book on writing, \u003ci\u003eRon Carlson Writes a Story\u003c\/i\u003e, is taught widely. He is director of the Graduate Program in Fiction at the University of California, Irvine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9.02 x 6.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730353852479,"sku":"9781597092333","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0485aa58b2184b3146e64590e531e044.webp?v=1765125725","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/room-service-poems-meditations-outcries-remarks-poems-meditations-outcries-remarks-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}