{"product_id":"the-wilderness-new-selected-poems-1980-2016-9781597096102","title":"The Wilderness: New \u0026 Selected Poems, 1980-2016","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e compiles more than thirty years of Maurya Simon's poetic oeuvre. Her poems combine compelling investigations of the natural world with a sense of spirituality and a modern-day metaphysical sensibility. Simon's writing is lucid and deeply moving, as well as being enriched by history, the classics, and visual art. These are poems that should be read, reread, and savored for the wisdom they impart and for their rich insights into the human condition. This beautiful book is illustrated with seventeen evocative, color-saturated paintings from the \u003ci\u003eWEAVERS SERIES\u003c\/i\u003e by Los Angeles artist, Baila Goldenthal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon, Maurya:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - After watching a royal wedding on the streets of Paris at age 5, \u003cb\u003eMaurya Simon\u003c\/b\u003e scrawled her first poem. Decades later, she's still at it, with an award-winning oeuvre that muses on everything from the origin of parentheses (in her chapbook \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Punctuation\u003c\/i\u003e) to what lies beyond death (answer: \"A fever of unknowing, a match-head struck in the darkness of the void. A blue door without a handle that suddenly swings open\"). Simon, a UC Riverside professor emerita who was raised in Western Europe and Hermosa Beach by an artist mother and musicologist father, has also created monoprints and composed an opera libretto. She's now working on a young adult detective novel about a diamond heist. Other new projects include a memoir about her dad, who taught at Cal Poly Pomona, and her 11th volume of poetry.","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873631736082,"sku":"9781597096102","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cada1e2d-41f3-4b9f-8096-d408ae4d16df.jpg?v=1737945387","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wilderness-new-selected-poems-1980-2016-9781597096102","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}