{"product_id":"walking-the-black-cat-9780156004817","title":"Walking the Black Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn his thirteenth collection, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning poet \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Simic melds folklore and black magic with everyday life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHamlet's ghost wandering the halls of a Vegas motel, a street corner ventriloquist using passersby as dummies, and Jesus panhandling in a weed-infested Eden are just a few of the startling conceits Simic unleashes in this collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few contemporary poets have been as influential-or inimitable-as Charles Simic.\"\u003cem\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimic, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCHARLES SIMIC was born in Belgrade and emigrated to the United States in 1954. He is the author of many books of poetry and prose. Among other honors, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 and served as the Poet Laureate of the United States in 2007-2008.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409778053394,"sku":"9780156004817","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a654bc74-a0e5-4b50-b1bc-c561b71ff1ec.jpg?v=1729293902","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/walking-the-black-cat-9780156004817","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}