{"product_id":"this-time-new-and-selected-poems-9780393319095","title":"This Time: New and Selected Poems","description":"\"This healthy collection of new poems and selections from seven previous volumes is remarkable for its generosity of spirit, manifested in a warm surrealism that is often turned with humor toward his own past as a way of understanding the recurrent questions of growing old: 'Why did it take so long \/ for me to get lenient? What does it mean one life \/ only?' \" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) \"Gerald Stern's achievement is immense. In this beautiful gathering . . . one encounters a poet who praises and mourns in turn and even at once.\" -- Grace Schulman, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e \"Stern is one of those rare poetic souls who makes it almost impossible to remember what our world was like before his poetry came to exalt it.\" -- C. K. Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStern, Gerald:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eGerald Stern\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of nineteen volumes of poetry. He has been awarded the National Book Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, the Wallace Stevens Award, and the Robert Frost Medal, among many other honors. He lives in New York City.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410933420306,"sku":"9780393319095","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ed903eff-3013-4196-9459-582d6af1633f.jpg?v=1729309419","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-time-new-and-selected-poems-9780393319095","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}