{"product_id":"that-was-now-this-is-then-poems-paperback","title":"That Was Now, This Is Then: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVijay Seshadri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant new collection from Vijay Seshadri, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003e3 Sections \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one blends ironic intelligence, emotional frankness, radical self-awareness, and complex humor the way Vijay Seshadri does. In this, his fourth collection, he affirms his place as one of America's greatest living poets. \u003ci\u003eThat Was Now\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e This Is Then\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the planar paradoxes of time and space, destabilizing highly tuned lyrics and elegies with dizzying turns in poems of unrequitable longing, of longing for longing, of longing to be found, of grief. In these poems, Seshadri's speaker becomes the subject, the reader becomes the writer, and the multiplying refracted narratives yield an \"anguish so pure it almost \/ feels like joy.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVijay Seshadri \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003e3 Sections\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Long Meadow\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets; and \u003ci\u003eWild Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395374301362,"sku":"9781644450741","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/398c4ef9e10eb86631c4762de07b18d0.webp?v=1777989903","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/that-was-now-this-is-then-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}