{"product_id":"lovers-of-today-9781950268443","title":"Lovers of Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLovers of Today\u003c\/em\u003e, Garrett Caples is his most playful and heartfelt. Here are poems that generously place the reader in a particular poetic moment that is both elegiac and also wildly entertaining. Taken from a bar of the same name in New York City, \u003cem\u003eLovers of Today\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of poetry that pays tribute to friendships including Kevin Killian, John Ashbery, Joanne Kyger, and Bill Berkson, among others, wherein each poem is a celebration of life's ephemerality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarrett Caples is the author of three previous poetry books, \u003cem\u003ePower Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e (Wave Books, 2016), \u003cem\u003eComplications\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), and \u003cem\u003eThe Garrett Caples Reader\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), a collection of outtakes, \u003cem\u003eThe Rise \u0026amp; Fall of Johnny Volume\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), and a bilingual selection, \u003cem\u003eNoches Apátridas\u003c\/em\u003e (Unstated Nights, 2019). He's also written a book of essays, \u003cem\u003eRetrievals\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), and a pamphlet, \u003cem\u003eQuintessence of the Minor\u003c\/em\u003e (2010). He's the editor of Philip Lamantia's \u003cem\u003ePreserving Fire: Selected Prose\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), Samuel Greenberg's \u003cem\u003ePoems from the Greenberg MSS\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), and Michael McClure's \u003cem\u003eMule Kick Blues and Last Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), as well as the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), \u003cem\u003eParticulars of Place\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) by Richard O. Moore, \u003cem\u003eIncidents of Travel in Poetry: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) by Frank Lima, and \u003cem\u003eArcana: A Stephen Jonas Reader\u003c\/em\u003e (2019). He is an editor at City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series. He has a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50444691833106,"sku":"9781950268443","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7718fbf2-1b61-478c-98c1-a31b0b4bf4aa.jpg?v=1729687029","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lovers-of-today-9781950268443","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}