{"product_id":"essays-after-eighty-0544570316","title":"Essays After Eighty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0544570316\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hall, Donald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe former US Poet Laureate contemplates life, death, and the view from his window in these alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny essays (New York Times).His entire life, Donald Hall dedicated himself to the written word, putting together a storied career as a poet, essayist, and memoirist. Here, in the unknown, unanticipated galaxy of very old age, his essays startle, move, and delight.In Essays After Eighty, Hall ruminates on his past: thirty was terrifying, forty I never noticed because I was drunk, fifty was best with a total change of life, sixty extended the bliss of fifty . . . He also addresses his present: When I turned eighty and rubbed testosterone on my chest, my beard roared like a lion and gained four inches.Most memorably, Hall writes about his enduring love affair with his ancestral Eagle Pond Farm and with the writing life that sustains him every day: Yesterday my first nap was at 9:30 a.m., but when I awoke I wrote again.Alluring, inspirational hominess . . . Essays After Eighty is a treasure . . . balancing frankness about losses with humor and gratitude.-Washington PostA fine book of remembering all sorts of things past, Essays After Eighty is to be treasured.-Boston Globe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52158411800864,"sku":"NEW0544570316","price":12.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81UM_bVmltL.jpg?v=1786078054","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/essays-after-eighty-0544570316","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}