{"product_id":"oblivion-banjo-the-poetry-of-charles-wright-0374539081","title":"Oblivion Banjo: The Poetry of Charles Wright","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0374539081\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wright, Charles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selected works of one of our finest American poetsThe thread that dangles usbetween a dark and a darker dark,Is luminous, sure, but smooth sided.Dont touch it here, and dont touch it there.Dont touch it, in fact, anywhere-Let it dangle and hold us hard, let it flash and swing.-from Scar TissueOver the course of his work-more than twenty books in total-Charles Wright has built one of the truly distinctive bodies of poetry created in the second half of the twentieth century (David Young, Contemporary Poets). Oblivion Banjo, a capacious new selection spanning his decades-long career, showcases the central themes of Wrights poetry: language, landscape, and the idea of God. No matter the precise subject of each poem, on display here is a vast and rich interior life, a mind wrestling with the tenuous relationship between the ways we describe the world and its reality.The recipient of almost every honor in poetry-the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize, to name a few-and a former poet laureate of the United States, Wright is an essential voice in American letters. Oblivion Banjo is the perfect distillation of his inimitable career-for devout fans and newcomers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51819538186528,"sku":"NEW0374539081","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71xSc8tK0uL.jpg?v=1781134006","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/oblivion-banjo-the-poetry-of-charles-wright-0374539081","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}