{"product_id":"sphere-the-form-of-a-motion-9780393313109","title":"Sphere: The Form of a Motion","description":"\u003cem\u003eSphere\u003c\/em\u003e is the second of A. R. Ammons's long poems--following \u003cem\u003eTape for the Turn of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e and preceding \u003cem\u003eGarbage\u003c\/em\u003e--that mark him as a master of this particular form. The sphere in question is the earth itself, and Ammons's wonderfully stocked mind roams globally, ruminating on subjects that range from galaxies to gas stations. It is a remarkable achievement, comparable in importance to Wallace Stevens's \u003cem\u003eNotes Toward a Supreme Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmmons, A. R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eA. R. Ammons's\u003c\/strong\u003e (1926-2001) was a two-time winner of the National Book Award and the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award. His many additional honors include the Academy of American Poets' Wallace Stevens Award, the Bollingen Prize, the Poetry Society of America's Robert Frost Medal, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491710308626,"sku":"9780393313109","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb94475d-4b63-433f-acf7-40dea1ef34d7.jpg?v=1730551467","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sphere-the-form-of-a-motion-9780393313109","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}