{"product_id":"the-singing-poems-9780374529505","title":"The Singing: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew work from the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eRepair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. . . Reality has put itself so solidly before me\u003cbr\u003ethere's little need for mystery . . . Except for us, for how we take the world\u003cbr\u003eto us, and make it more, more than we are, more even than itself.\u003cbr\u003e--from The World \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe awards given to C.K. Williams' two most recent books--a National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Singing \u003c\/i\u003eand a Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eRepair\u003c\/i\u003e--complete the process by which Williams, long admired for the intensity and formal daring of his work, has come to be recognized as one of the few truly great living American poets. Williams treats the characteristic subjects of a poet's maturity--the loss of friends, the love of grandchildren, the receding memories of childhood, the baffling illogic of current events--with an intensity and drive that recall not only his recent work but also his early books, published forty years ago.\u003ci\u003e The Singing\u003c\/i\u003e is a direct and resonant book: searing, hearfelt, permanent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Singing\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-842928\"\u003eC. K. Williams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.68h x 5.56w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374529505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374529507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. K. Williams \u003c\/b\u003e(1936-2015) published twenty-two books of poetry including, \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eRepair\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry; and \u003ci\u003eThe Singing\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award. Williams was awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2005. He wrote a critical study, \u003ci\u003eOn Whitman\u003c\/i\u003e; a memoir, \u003ci\u003eMisgivings\u003c\/i\u003e; and two books of essays, \u003ci\u003ePoetry and Consciousness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIn Time: Poets, Poems, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the Rest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44579582542061,"sku":"9780374529505","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_32f98f51-86c0-4913-bede-b83b599f586a.jpg?v=1702062245","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-singing-poems-9780374529505","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}