{"product_id":"conversations-with-ted-kooser-hardcover","title":"Conversations with Ted Kooser - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Cusatis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twenty-one interviews spanning nearly half a century, \u003ci\u003eConversations with Ted Kooser\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the Nebraska writer's rise from a regional poet of the Great Plains to a Pulitzer Prize-winning artistic luminary. His candor, clarity, and eloquence, which distinguish Kooser's plentiful body of work, color these edifying and entertaining conversations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The interviews in \u003ci\u003eConversations with Ted Kooser\u003c\/i\u003e are conducted by esteemed poets and critics, radio hosts, and journalists. They discuss Kooser's life and career as well as his award-winning poetry, prose, and children's books. The collection includes two previously unpublished interviews, separated by a twenty-year period, with poet\/scholar Mary K. Stillwell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Poetry of Ted Kooser\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as live interviews broadcast on NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air with Terry Gross\u003c\/i\u003e and Library of Congress host Grace Cavalieri's\u003ci\u003e The Poet and the Poem\u003c\/i\u003e. The book also features thirty of Kooser's poems, accompanied by his commentary on their genesis. Seventeen of these are drawn from his Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, \u003ci\u003eDelights \u0026amp; Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kooser (b. 1939) is a two-term United States Poet Laureate, dedicated to making engaging poetry available to all readers. His syndicated newspaper column, \"American Life in Poetry,\" begun during his tenure as poet laureate, delivered contemporary poems by poets from across the nation to more than four million readers, long after his laureateship ended. Now in his mid-eighties, Kooser remains highly prolific and internationally popular, continuing to compose life-affirming--and, as many attest, life-changing--poems, celebrating the wonders of the natural world, the subtle grandeur of human connection, and the unifying order he observes in all creation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cusatis\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at Charleston County School of the Arts. He is author of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Colum McCann\u003c\/i\u003e, the first critical study of the Irish-born National Book Award winner, and \u003ci\u003ePostwar Literature, 1945-1970\u003c\/i\u003e; editor of three volumes of the \u003ci\u003eDictionary of Literary Biography \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Conversations with Billy Collins\u003c\/i\u003e; and coeditor (with Earl G. Ingersoll) of \u003ci\u003eConversations with John Banville\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter two published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461637980338,"sku":"9781496855558","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ec9874730f3e6563b4dd813bb090c4e6_85f5a3b1-2437-4c54-86b2-7922cc427382.webp?v=1778952714","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/conversations-with-ted-kooser-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}