{"product_id":"language-being-time-9781848619463","title":"Language Being Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Some poets live deep back, quietly, in far places, still. I love the poetry of my friend, John Phillips. He is a master of the compressed, cut lyric.\" -Kent Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"John Phillips writes with a precision, balance \u0026amp; grace that calls to mind the very best of Louis Zukofsky's short poems, or Creeley's early period, or Lorine Niedecker's work. At his best, Phillips is absolutely dazzling.\" -Ron Silliman (On Language Is)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These poems have no extraneous cargo, they are tight as a duck's butt. And smart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou could write most of these astute and pristine poems on a post-it note and carry it in your pocket for later use.\" -Michael Dennis (On Shape of Faith)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps Phillips' greatest accomplishment is how he cast out words that create a reality that, nonetheless, evoke that reality that existed pre-words. I am touching quite briefly on the many marvels within the book's pages. I recommend you look for this book and inhabit it for yourself. You'll come out of the experience more enlightened than before you began it.\" -Eileen Tabios (On Shape of Faith)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shearsman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892832669970,"sku":"9781848619463","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_606dbc9c-2d20-46bf-a361-631d657874af.jpg?v=1738208195","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/language-being-time-9781848619463","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}