{"product_id":"elegy-on-toy-piano-paperback","title":"Elegy On Toy Piano - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDean Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eElegy on Toy Piano\u003c\/i\u003e, Dean Young's sixth book of poems, elegiac necessity finds itself next to goofy celebration. Daffy Duck enters the Valley of the Eternals. Faulkner and bell-bottoms cling to beauty's evanescence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEven in single poems, Young's tone and style vary. No one feeling or idea takes precedence over another, and their simultaneity is frequently revealed; sadness may throw a squirrelly shadow, joy can find itself dressed in mourning black. As in the agitated \"Whirlpool Suite\" \"Pain \/ and pleasure are two signals carried \/ over one phoneline.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn taking up subjects as slight as the examination of a signature or a true\/false test, and as pressing as the death of friends, Young's poems embrace the duplicity of feeling, the malleability of perception, and the truth telling of wordplay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean Young\u003c\/b\u003e has published several books of poetry, including his 2005 collection, \u003ci\u003eElegy on Toy Piano\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e. His collection \u003ci\u003eSkid\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Prize. Young has received two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship. He teaches at The Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa and in the Warren Wilson Low Residency Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.36 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450110460082,"sku":"9780822958727","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/451822805b4e0143afe2e7ef7b2e635a.webp?v=1778780484","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/elegy-on-toy-piano-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}