{"product_id":"the-second-four-books-of-poems-9781556590542","title":"The Second Four Books of Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eW.S. Merwin\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca, and has translated from French, Spanish, Latin and Portugese. He has published more than a dozen volumes of orignal poetry and several volumes of prose. Mr. Merwin has been awarded the Tanning Prize, the Pulitzer and Bollingen prizes, the Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, the Shelley Memorial Award, the Pen Translation Prize, and many other honors. He lives in Haiku, Hawaii. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eW.S. Merwin's \u003ci\u003eSecond Four Books of Poems\u003c\/i\u003e includes some of the most startlingly original and influential poetry of the second half of this century, a poetry that has moved, as Richard Howard has written, \"from preterition to presence to prophecy.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther books by M.S. Merwin available from Consortium: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEast Window\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-091-1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Four Books of Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-139-X\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlower \u0026amp; Hand\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-119-5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356324303122,"sku":"9781556590542","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11fd870b-2555-4d9d-8c55-d7c9d2727a12.jpg?v=1728308984","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-second-four-books-of-poems-9781556590542","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}