{"product_id":"collected-poems-9781574232158","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe collected work of a poet who turned 102 years old in 2020. These poems, covering sixty years of a free woman's song, are Naomi Replansky's hymns to the struggle for justice and equality and to the enduring beauty of life in our dangerous world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere at long last is the new and collected work by a writer hailed by George Oppen as \"one of the most brilliant American poets.\" Replansky is a poet whose verse combines the compression of Emily Dickinson and the music of W. H. Auden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNaomi Replansky, a Bronx native, began to write poetry in her teens but published her first book when she was 34 in 1952. That collection, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRing Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e dazzled critics with its candor and freshness of language. It was nominated for the National Book Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRing Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Replansky has since published three additional collections and translated numerous works from German and Yiddish. This collection, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is her life's work, won the Poetry Society of America's 2013 William Carlos Williams Award and was a finalist for the 2014 Poets' Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReplansky, Naomi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaomi Replansky\u003c\/b\u003e, a Bronx native, began to write poetry in her teens and published her first collection, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRing Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, in 1952 when she was 34. Critics were dazzled by her candor and freshness of language and the book was nominated for a National Book Award. Replansky has since published three additional collections and translated numerous works from German and Yiddish. Her \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e won the Poetry Society of America's 2013 William Carlos Williams Award and was a finalist for the 2014 Poets' Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Sparrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922586210578,"sku":"9781574232158","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a5b0e31-76ef-4250-8763-22f002035611.jpg?v=1738933507","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-poems-9781574232158","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}