{"product_id":"void-of-course-9780140589092","title":"Void of Course","description":"In 1973, at the age of twenty-three, \u003cb\u003eJim Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e burst upon the poetry scene with his first collection, \u003cb\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003c\/b\u003e, a book of vivid and inventive verse that won him comparisons to everyone from \u003cb\u003eArthur Rimbaud\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eFrank O'Hara\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003eCarroll's first new book of poetry in more than a decade, \u003cb\u003eVoid of Course\u003c\/b\u003e presents work composed over the last two years. His major themes--love, friendship, desire, time and memory, and, above all, the ever-present city--emerge in an atmosphere where dream and reality mingle on equal terms. These seventy-seven poems range from graphic, sensuous shorter pieces to edgy stream-of-consciousness prose poems to longer, more contemplative works such as \"While She's Gone,\" an eerie tour de force of longing over a departed lover. \u003cb\u003eVoid of Course\u003c\/b\u003e establishes that Carroll's power and purity of vision are stronger than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Carroll's bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995. Carroll's work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, \u003ci\u003eForces Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973\u003c\/i\u003e. As the leader of The Jim Carroll Band he released three albums as well as several spoken word recordings. He died in New York City on September 11, 2009.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409662349586,"sku":"9780140589092","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9cc5a2e5-fef9-47dd-88a6-786e8ffa48a5.jpg?v=1729292495","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/void-of-course-9780140589092","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}