{"product_id":"the-selected-levis-paperback","title":"The Selected Levis - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry Levis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited and with an Afterword by David St. John \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Larry Levis died suddenly in 1996, Philip Levine wrote that he had years earlier recognized Levis as \"the most gifted and determined young poet I have ever had the good fortune to have in one of my classes. . . . His early death is a staggering loss for our poetry, but what he left is a major achievement that will enrich our lives.\" Each of his books was published to wide critical acclaim, and David St. John has collected together the best of his work from his first five books: \u003ci\u003eWrecking Crew\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), \u003ci\u003eAfterlife\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eThe Dollmaker's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eWinter Stars\u003c\/i\u003e (1985) and \u003ci\u003eThe Widening Spell of the Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It is not an exaggeration to say that the death of Larry Levis in 1996-of a heart attack at 49-sent a shock wave through the ranks of American poetry. Not only was Levis a good friend to many poets (not simply of his own generation but of many poets older and younger as well), his poetry had become a kind of touchstone for many of us, a source of special inspiration and awe. With Larry Levis' death came the sense that an American original had been lost. . . . It is not at all paradoxical that he saw both the most intimate expressions of poetry and the grandest gestures of art, of language, as constituting individual acts of courage. One can only hope that, like such courage, Larry Levis's remarkable poems will continue to live far into our literature.\"-from the Afterword, by David St. John \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarry Levis was born in Fresno, California, in 1946. His first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eWrecking Crew\u003c\/i\u003e, won the United States Award from the International Poetry Forum, and was published in the Pitt Poetry Series in 1972. His second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Lamont Award from the American Academy of Poets in 1976. In 1981, \u003ci\u003eThe Dollmaker's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e was a winner of the Open Competition of the National Poetry Series. Among his other awards were three fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Larry Levis died in 1996. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 11.36 x 6.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722439135295,"sku":"9780822957935","price":31.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a1f840d401c86a3a50e456a52d3161db.webp?v=1765095770","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-selected-levis-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}