{"product_id":"constellations-the-collected-poems-of-daniel-mark-epstein-9780807184776","title":"Constellations: The Collected Poems of Daniel Mark Epstein","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaniel Mark Epstein's poetry has been in the public eye for nearly sixty years, since the magazine publication of the poems in his groundbreaking first book, \u003ci\u003eNo Vacancies in Hell \u003c\/i\u003e(1973). Critics praise the erotic and spiritual lyricism of his poetry, as well as its power in capturing crucial moments of American history in dramatic monologues, including prize-winning portraits of a yellow fever epidemic and Henry Adams's tragic marriage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf \u003ci\u003eThe Traveler's Calendar \u003c\/i\u003e(2002), \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003ecommented, \"Biographies of Nat King Cole and Edna St. Vincent Millay have won Epstein greater renown, but his best writing is his mythically and historically haunted poetry.\" The critic Adam Kirsch called \u003ci\u003eDawn to Twilight \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), a selection of Epstein's lyric poems, \"a testament to the achievement of a major American poet.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstellations\u003c\/i\u003e collects, for the first time, the nine books of poems published by a modern master of lyric, dramatic, and narrative poetry. A stirring selection of new work includes the sonnet sequence \"Cruel April: Poems from the Pandemic,\" which inspired a 2020 short film featuring Tyne Daly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Mark Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed poet, dramatist, and biographer. His honors include the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His holiday stories \"Star of Wonder\" and \"The Two Menorahs\" air regularly on National Public Radio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648934019346,"sku":"9780807184776","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f6ecd7eb-1e4f-451b-bece-4bfa1fd9c367.jpg?v=1759839122","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/constellations-the-collected-poems-of-daniel-mark-epstein-9780807184776","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}