{"product_id":"collins-billy-ballisticspb","title":"Collins, Billy: Ballistics","description":"\u003cp\u003eRandom House, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: \u003cspan\u003eFebruary 16, 2010\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003eIn this moving and playful collection, Billy Collins touches on an array of subjects--love, death, solitude, youth, and aging--delving deeper than ever before into the intricate folds of life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Collins reveals the unexpected within the ordinary. He peels back the surface of the humdrum to make the moment new.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Billy Collins demonstrates why he is one of our best poets, with his appealing trademark style: a self-deprecating charm, playful wit and unexpected imaginative leaps.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-San Antonio Express-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"By careful observation, Collins spins comic gold from the dross of quotidian suburban life. . . . Chipping away at the surface, he surprises you by scraping to the wood underneath, to some deeper truth.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A poet of plentitude, irony, and Augustan grace.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It is difficult not to be charmed by Collins, and that in itself is a remarkable literary accomplishment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Clever, subtle and engaging.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817183522839,"sku":"9780812975611","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_d8aee68f-118c-4c4c-8542-12ca4b69cd9a.jpg?v=1703281771","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/collins-billy-ballisticspb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}