{"product_id":"first-four-books-of-poems-9780880014779","title":"First Four Books of Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Four Books of Poems\u003c\/em\u003e collects the early work that established Louise Gluck as one of America's most original and important poets. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonored with the Pulitzer Prize for \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Iris, \u003c\/em\u003e Gluck was celebrated early in her career for her fierce, austerely beautiful voice. In \u003cem\u003eFirstborn, The House on Marshland, Descending Figure, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Triumph of Achilles, \u003c\/em\u003e which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, we see the conscious progression of a poet who speaks with blade-like accuracy and stirring depth. The voice that has become Gluck's trademark speaks in these poems of a life lived in unflinching awareness. Always she is moving in and around the achingly real, writing poems adamant in their accuracy and depth. Their progression is proof of her commitment to change; with her first four books of poetry collected in a single volume, Louise Gluck shows herself happily \"used by time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGluck, Louise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Louise Glück won the Pulitzer Prize for \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Iris\u003c\/em\u003e in 1993. The author of eight books of poetry and one collection of essays, \u003cem\u003eProofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry, \u003c\/em\u003e she has received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, the William Carlos Williams Award, and the PEN\/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction. She was named the next U.S. poet laureate in August 2003. Her most recent book is \u003cem\u003eThe Seven Ages\u003c\/em\u003e. Louise Glück teaches at Williams College and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610127798546,"sku":"9780880014779","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9cd46df8-8855-45b5-bd2c-809faf2728d8.jpg?v=1732334330","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/first-four-books-of-poems-9780880014779","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}