{"product_id":"the-now-poems-paperback","title":"The Now: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Goldbarth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Now\u003c\/i\u003e describes the unique, and sometimes baffling, moment in which we live, a time defined by an immediate future of online wonderments, fake news, multiple personalities, data economy, gene modification, and the rest of the exciting-and-yet-ominous \"technology culture,\" even as it's a time when the urge to memorialize the past-to sing elegiacally-seems more important than ever.\u003cbr\u003e Between poems that consider the disappearance of language in an age of digital\/binary communication, and poems that mourn the disappearance of fellow poets and artists, this collection attempts to stand on a nano-second that looks both backward and forward in time: the ever-shifting \"now.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Goldbarth\u003c\/b\u003e has been publishing books for over forty years. He won the National Book Critics Circle award for \u003ci\u003eSaving Lives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeaven and Earth: A Cosmology\u003c\/i\u003e, the only poet to receive the honor two times. Goldbarth's honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Milt Kessler Award. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and multiple appearances in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eseries and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Wichita, Kansas. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722419114047,"sku":"9780822965930","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f3c8f0fee249380853c368468a135819.webp?v=1765095697","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-now-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}