{"product_id":"a-9780811218719","title":"A","description":"\u003cem\u003e River that must turn full after I stop dying\u003cbr\u003e Song, my song, raise grief to music\u003cbr\u003e Light as my loves' thought, the few sick\u003cbr\u003e So sick of wrangling: thus weeping, \u003cbr\u003e Sounds of light, stay in her keeping\u003cbr\u003e And my son's face - this much for honor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- from \" 'A'-11\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At long last, here is the whole of Louis Zukofsky's epic masterpiece \u003cem\u003e\"A\"\u003c\/em\u003e back in print with misprints corrected and a new, fresh introduction by the noted scholar Barry Ahearn. No other poem in the English language is filled with as much daily love, light, intellect, and music. As William Carlos Williams once wrote of Zukofsky's poetry, \"I hear a new music of verse stretching out into the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZukofsky, Louis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eLouis Zukofsky\u003c\/strong\u003e spent forty-six years writing his masterwork \u003cem\u003e\"A,\"\u003c\/em\u003e and died before he could see the completed version published. Poet, translator, fiction writer, essayist, anthologist, critic, teacher, WPA worker, and binding force of the Objectivist poets, Zukofsky was born in New York City and lived in or near the city his whole life.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAhearn, Barry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eBarry Ahearn\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Pierce Butler Professor of English at Tulane University. His books include \u003cem\u003eZukofsky's \"A\" An Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePound\/Zukofsky: Selected Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Correspondence of William Carlos Williams and Louis Zukofsky\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160035750162,"sku":"9780811218719","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01882dc2-8732-4a30-84b1-0f9a5fa4e642.jpg?v=1775032035","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-9780811218719","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}