{"product_id":"live-from-the-hong-kong-nile-club-poems-1975-1990","title":"Live from the Hong Kong Nile Club: Poems: 1975-1990","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLive from the Hong Kong Nile Club: Poems: 1975-1990\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAugust Kleinzahler\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374527013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2000\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e112\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\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe early poems of an American master \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"I have loved the air outside Shop-Rite Liquor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eon summer evenings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebetter than the Marin hills at dusk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003elavender and gold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003estretching miles to the sea.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAt the junction, up from the synagogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea weeknight, necessarily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand with my father--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea sale on German beer.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAir full of living dust: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebus exhaust, air-borne grains of pizza crust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewounded crystals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eappearing, disappearing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eamong streetlights and unsuccessful neon.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\"Poetics\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAugust Kleinzahler's first collections won him a cult following but have long been out of print and hard to find. Here Kleinzahler--acclaimed by \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London) for the \"vision and confident skill to make American poetry new\"--has selected the best of the poems collected in \u003ci\u003eStorm over Hackensack \u003c\/i\u003e(1985) and \u003ci\u003eEarthquake Weather \u003c\/i\u003e(1989) and added an autobiographical Preface.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Live from the Hong Kong Nile Club: Poems: 1975-1990 | August Kleinzahler | Paperback | 9780374527013 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1774689","offer_id":49682926370968,"sku":"1774689","price":147.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/711X6LfQgSL.jpg?v=1786640569","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/live-from-the-hong-kong-nile-club-poems-1975-1990","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}