{"product_id":"usher-9780393338942","title":"Usher","description":"From Manhattan to the rural Midwest--one of our most distinguished poets offers a verbal cinema of America. Employing dramatic monologues, among other forms, Usher embraces a range of subject matter and modes, from the elegiac to the comic. At its heart, however, is the long poem \"Trilogy,\" consisting of three interrelated dramatic monologues spoken by a circus performer, a theological student and part-time usher, and Hart Crane. A \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Favorite Book of 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFairchild, B. H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eB. H. Fairchild\u003c\/strong\u003e, the author of several acclaimed poetry collections and a recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, has been a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the William Carlos Williams Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Bobbitt National Prize. He teaches in the creative writing PhD program at the University of North Texas.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503314047250,"sku":"9780393338942","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dfe9bbdc-9fd3-4136-961b-4a6008713d7d.jpg?v=1730788105","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/usher-9780393338942","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}