{"product_id":"the-weather-of-words-9780375709708","title":"The Weather of Words","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, a brilliant and witty collection of writings on the art and nature of poetry -- a master class both entertaining and provocative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pieces have a broad range and many levels. In one, we sit with the teenage Mark Strand while he reads for the first time a poem that truly amazes him: 'You, Andrew Marvell' by Archibald MacLeish, in which night sweeps in an unstoppable but exhilarating circle around the earth toward the speaker standing at noon. The essay goes on to explicate the poem, but it also evokes, through its form and content, the poem''s meaning -- time''s circular passage -- with the young Strand first happening upon the poem, the older Strand seeing into it differently, but still amazed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the other subjects Strand explores: the relationship between photographs and poems, the eternal nature of the lyric, the contemporary use of old forms, four American views of Parnassus, and an alphabet of poetic influences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe v","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525057585495,"sku":"9780375709708","price":14.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780375709708.jpg?v=1731859070","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-weather-of-words-9780375709708","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}