{"product_id":"live-from-the-hong-kong-nile-club-poems-1975-1990-9780374527013","title":"Live from the Hong Kong Nile Club: Poems: 1975-1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe early poems of an American master\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I have loved the air outside Shop-Rite Liquor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eon summer evenings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebetter than the Marin hills at dusk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003elavender and gold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003estretching miles to the sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the junction, up from the synagogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea weeknight, necessarily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand with my father--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea sale on German beer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAir full of living dust: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebus exhaust, air-borne grains of pizza crust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewounded crystals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eappearing, disappearing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eamong streetlights and unsuccessful neon.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\"Poetics\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugust Kleinzahler's first collections won him a cult following but have long been out of print and hard to find. Here Kleinzahler--acclaimed by \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London) for the \"vision and confident skill to make American poetry new\"--has selected the best of the poems collected in \u003ci\u003eStorm over Hackensack \u003c\/i\u003e(1985) and \u003ci\u003eEarthquake Weather \u003c\/i\u003e(1989) and added an autobiographical Preface.\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-3304940\"\u003eAugust Kleinzahler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.44w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374527013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374527016\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAugust Kleinzahler's\u003c\/b\u003e most recent collections are \u003ci\u003eGreen Sees Things in Waves\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1998) and \u003ci\u003eRed Sauce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhiskey and Snow\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1995). He lives in San Francisco, where he writes a music column for The San Diego Weekly Reader.\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":43176616165613,"sku":"9780374527013","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_88d76ae8-0671-4bb5-9a23-36c11639c9e7.jpg?v=1660562042","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/live-from-the-hong-kong-nile-club-poems-1975-1990-9780374527013","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}