{"product_id":"9780811218719","title":"\"A\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe new, authoritative edition of \u003cem\u003e“A”\u003c\/em\u003e: the monumental lifepoem by one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century, Louis Zukofsky.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e     River that must turn full after I stop dying\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     Song, my song, raise grief to music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     Light as my loves’ thought, the few sick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     So sick of wrangling: thus weeping,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     Sounds of light, stay in her keeping\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     And my son’s face – this much for honor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           — from “ ‘A’-11”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt long last, here is the whole of Louis Zukofsky’s epic masterpiece \u003cem\u003e“A”\u003c\/em\u003e back in print with misprints corrected and a new, fresh introduction by the noted scholar Barry Ahearn. No other poem in the English language is filled with as much daily love, light, intellect, and music. As William Carlos Williams once wrote of Zukofsky’s poetry, “I hear a new music of verse stretching out into the future.”\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46227532579057,"sku":"9780811218719","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780811218719_p0.jpg?v=1765295066","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811218719","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}