{"product_id":"collected-poems-9781598532104","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eOften compared to the works of E.E. Cummings and Elizabeth Bishop  these poems are a free-ranging exploration of outer and inner worlds  of nature and the human mind  In celebration of the centenary of May Swensons birth  The Library of America presents a one-volume edition of all of the poems that Swenson published in her lifetimefrom her first collection Another Animal (1954) to the innovative shaped poems of Iconographs (1970) to her final work In Other Words (1987)as well as a selection of previously uncollected work.  The collection reveals the sweeping compass of Swensons curiosity: nature poems display her keen observation of wildlife; exuberant and erotic love poems celebrate beauty and passion; place poems record her travels to the American Southwest  France  and Italy and her residence in New York City and Sea Cliff  Long Island; verse analyses investigate baseball  wave motion  the DNA molecule  bronco busting  James Bond movies  and the first walk on the moon. Swenson was an inveterate reviser: poems in earlier volumes were frequently reworked for inclusion in later volumes  such as To Mix with Time (1963) and New and Selected Things Taking Place (1978). While preserving the order of publication  this volume presents the authors final or definitive version. Substantive textual variants and title changes are detailed in the notes to the volume.  LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nations literary heritage by publishing  and keeping permanently in print  Americas best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date  authoritative editions that average 1 000 pages in length  feature cloth covers  sewn bindings  and ribbon markers  and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651443482677,"sku":"ByrdShop_1598532103","price":39.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781598532104.jpg?v=1781834742","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/collected-poems-9781598532104","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}