{"product_id":"american-smooth-poems","title":"American Smooth: Poems","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAmerican Smooth: Poems\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRita Dove\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780393327441\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e144\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eAn occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate; her first since \u003cem\u003eOn the Bus with Rosa Parks\u003c\/em\u003e. With the grace of an Astaire, Rita Dove's magnificent poems pay homage to our kaleidoscopic cultural heritage; from the glorious shimmer of an operatic soprano to Bessie Smith's mournful wail; from paradise lost to angel food cake; from hotshots at the local shooting range to the Negro jazz band in World War I whose music conquered Europe before the Allied advance. Like the ballroom-dancing couple of the title poem, smiling and making the difficult seem effortless, Dove explores the shifting surfaces between perception and intimation.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"American Smooth: Poems | Rita Dove | Paperback | 9780393327441 | Used: Like New | Poetry 1716520","offer_id":48864295780504,"sku":"1716520","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81soFge1JiL.jpg?v=1775851944","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/american-smooth-poems","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}