{"product_id":"best-poems-of-stevie-smith-9780811221948","title":"Best Poems of Stevie Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eExtraordinarily funny, with the fresh eye of a visitor from another world, Stevie Smith is a poet to savor. Wielding a throwaway wit and the strangest irony, Stevie Smith was deeply read in the classics and yet sprinkled her poetry with delightful doodles. Her poems are often very dark; her characters are perpetually saying \"goodbye\" to their friends or welcoming death. At the same time her work has an eerie levity. Countless are her witty ways. The title of her first collection says it perfectly: \u003cem\u003eA Good Time Was Had by All\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eI longed for companionship rather, \u003cbr\u003e But my companions I always wished farther.\u003cbr\u003e And now in the desolate night\u003cbr\u003e I think only of people I should like to bite. \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Stevie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eStevie Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e (1902-1971) was born in Hull, England, but when she was three she moved with her parents and sister to Avondale Road in Palmers Green. Here she stayed for over sixty years, after her parents' death living with her beloved \"Lion Aunt.\" She was the author of three novels and a dozen collections of poetry. Although baptized Florence Margaret Smith, she was nicknamed Stevie after Steve Donoghue the jockey.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845446701330,"sku":"9780811221948","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de5d6230-7546-4ef2-a1ac-25f4ce14bd2a.jpg?v=1737351059","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/best-poems-of-stevie-smith-9780811221948","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}