{"product_id":"jr-solonche-selected-poems-2002-2021-9781947175518","title":"J.R. Solonche Selected Poems 2002-2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough J.R. Solonche started placing poems in magazine, journals, and anthologies in the early 70s, his first book of poetry, \u003cem\u003ePeach Girl: Poems for a Chinese Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, co-written with his wife, did not appear until 2002 and his own first collection, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Day\u003c\/em\u003e, not until 2015. Just this March, Years Later, his twenty-second book, was published. That's a lot of books, too many for most readers to buy. But they don't have to. They can buy just one. It's his twenty-third. \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems: 2002 - 2021\u003c\/em\u003e is a generous offering of his favorite poems from most of those books, including the two nominated for the Pulitzer Prize\u003cem\u003e, Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003ePiano Music\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and the 2020 \u003cem\u003eShelf Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Indie Book, The Porch Poems. In her introduction to \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems: 2002-2021\u003c\/em\u003e, Grace Cavalieri says, \"The absolute best remark I can make about this book is that I would give it to non-readers of poems as a conversion to poetry, for its language is as available as rain; hopeful as sunshine; and fresh as the wind. It's a perfect book to let the reading public know that this is America's poetry. This is a serious book disguised as playfulness, and we are its lucky recipients.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Solonche has published poetry in more than 400 magazines, journals, and anthologies since the early 70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Serving House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50483049169170,"sku":"9781947175518","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cbec531d-da40-4db2-abd4-691fd1e52437.jpg?v=1730355683","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jr-solonche-selected-poems-2002-2021-9781947175518","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}