{"product_id":"break-the-glass-paperback-2","title":"Break the Glass - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Valentine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As elliptical and demanding as Emily Dickinson, Valentine consistently rewards the reader.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her eleventh collection--honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry--Jean Valentine characteristically weds a moral imperative to imaginative and linguistic leaps and bounds. Whether writing elegies, meditations on aging, or an extended homage to Lucy, the earliest known hominid, the pared-down compactness of her tone and vision reveals a singular voice in American poetry. As Adrienne Rich has said of Valentine's work, \"This is a poetry of the highest order, because it lets us into spaces and meanings we couldn't approach in any other way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"If a Person Visits Someone in a Dream, in Some Cultures the Dreamer Thanks Them\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt a hotel in another star. The rooms were cold and\u003cbr\u003edamp, we were both at the desk at midnight asking if\u003cbr\u003ethey had any heaters. They had one heater. You are\u003cbr\u003eill, please you take it. Thank you for visiting my dream.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e*\u003cbr\u003eCan you breathe all right?\u003cbr\u003eBreak the glass shout\u003cbr\u003ebreak the glass force the room\u003cbr\u003ebreak the thread Open\u003cbr\u003ethe music behind the glass . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Valentine\u003c\/b\u003e, a former State Poet of New York, earned a National Book Award, the Wallace Stevens Award, and the Shelley Memorial Prize. She has taught at Sarah Lawrence, New York University, and Columbia University. She lives in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Valentine: Jean Valentine was the State Poet of New York for two years, starting in 2008. She is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, which won the National Book Award for Poetry. She has earned many of the country's highest honors for her work, including the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and The Poetry Society of America's Shelley Memorial Prize. She has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, New York University, and Columbia University. She lives in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 7.55 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43424028426307,"sku":"9781556593949","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/break-the-glass-paperback-2","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}