{"product_id":"archaic-smile-poems-9780930982522","title":"Archaic Smile: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eArchaic Smile  by A.E. Stallings  recipient of the 1999 Richard Wilbur Award  uniquely juxtaposes poetic meditations on mythological themes with poems about the everyday occurances of contemporary life -- such as losing an umbrella or fishing with ones father. In doing so  Archaic Smile continually bridges the gap between these two distant but interrelated worlds with striking insights. James Dickey  having praised the authors accomplished critical skills  also points out that she has \"the most indispensable quality that a poet must have: an original way of looking at things.\" A.R. Ammons aptly characterizes the power of her mythological poems in his comments on \"Apollo Takes Charge of His Muses\" which he chose for The Best American Poetry: \"It delivers the ancient past into our present with such astonishing justness that Im silenced with appreciation.\" Archaic Smile is a powerful debut collection by a provacative poet who has found strikingly original ways to personalize our myths and conjure the deep significances of our everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529569525813,"sku":"ByrdShop_0930982525","price":249.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780930982522.jpg?v=1780937985","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/archaic-smile-poems-9780930982522","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}