{"product_id":"conversations-with-joseph-brodsky-9781578065288","title":"Conversations with Joseph Brodsky","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiography -- Literary Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Brodsky (1940-1996) is unquestionably the greatest poet to emerge from postwar Russia and one of the great minds of the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1972, Brodsky transformed himself from a stunned and unprepared emigre into, as he himself termed it, \"a Russian poet, an English essayist, and, of course, an American citizen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn interviews from 1972 to 1995, \u003cem\u003eJoseph Brodsky: Conversations\u003c\/em\u003e covers the course of his exile. The last interview dates from just ten weeks before his death. In talks, he calibrates the process of his remarkable reinvention from a brilliant, brash, but decidedly provincial Leningrad poet to an international man of letters and an erudite Nobel Prize laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrodsky's poetry earned him a Nobel, and his essays won him awards and international acclaim. This volume shows that there was a third medium, in addition to poetry and essays, in which Brodsky excelled--the interview. Although he said that \"in principle prose is simply spilling some beans, which poetry sort of contains in a tight pod,\" he nevertheless emerges as an extraordinary and inventive conversationalist. This volume includes not only his notable interviews that helped consolidate Brodsky's international reputation but also early and hard-to-find interviews in journals that have since disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCynthia L. Haven is a literary critic at the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e and a regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eCortland Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eStanford Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work also has been published in \u003cem\u003eCivilization\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3038040\"\u003eCynthia L. Haven\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 5.96w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578065288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1578065283\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\u003eCynthia L. Haven\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary critic for the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work also has been published in \u003ci\u003eCivilization\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eCortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44588474794221,"sku":"9781578065288","price":46.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2c88c30f-293a-484d-8cc4-34a36c64ca62.jpg?v=1702221030","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/conversations-with-joseph-brodsky-9781578065288","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}