{"product_id":"the-apple-trees-at-olema-new-and-selected-poems-9780061923906","title":"The Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"No practicing poet has more talent than Robert Hass.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003eNational Book Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eTime and Materials\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Hass is one of the most revered of all living poets. With \u003cem\u003eThe Apple Trees at Olema, \u003c\/em\u003ethe former Poet Laureate and winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize offers twenty new and selected poems grounded in the beauty of the physical world. As with all of the collections of this great artist's work, published far too infrequently, \u003cem\u003eThe Apple Trees at Olema \u003c\/em\u003eis a cause for celebration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHass, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRobert Hass was born in San Francisco. His books of poetry include \u003cem\u003eThe Apple Trees at Olema\u003c\/em\u003e (Ecco, 2010), Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner \u003cem\u003eTime and Materials\u003c\/em\u003e (Ecco, 2008), \u003cem\u003eSun Under Wood\u003c\/em\u003e (Ecco, 1996), \u003cem\u003eHuman Wishes\u003c\/em\u003e (1989), \u003cem\u003ePraise\u003c\/em\u003e (1979), and \u003cem\u003eField Guide\u003c\/em\u003e (1973), which was selected by Stanley Kunitz for the Yale Younger Poets Series. Hass also co-translated several volumes of poetry with Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz and authored or edited several other volumes of translation, including Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer's \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) and \u003cem\u003eThe Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa\u003c\/em\u003e (1994). His essay collection \u003cem\u003eTwentieth Century Pleasures: Prose on Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (1984) received the National Book Critics Circle Award. Hass served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997 and as Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. He lives in California with his wife, poet Brenda Hillman, and teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662095126802,"sku":"9780061923906","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_08a4e172-119b-42c3-baba-419a4f36fb63.jpg?v=1733512244","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-apple-trees-at-olema-new-and-selected-poems-9780061923906","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}