{"product_id":"foust-graham-close-secopb","title":"[09\/14\/26] Foust, Graham: Close Second Person","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlood Editions, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 14, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bibliometa-embed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bibliometa-embed-titles-main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003eThe tenth collection of confounding wit from an American master\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Somewhere between Robert Creeley's chiseled compression and Frederick Seidel's urbane sensuality lie the poems of Graham Foust. Funny, regretful, sly, and taking in everything from Ellsworth Kelly to Ray Bradbury to Steely Dan, the poems in \u003ci\u003eClose Second Person\u003c\/i\u003e bristle with an indefatigable intelligence, a sense of erudition and information so dense one can only marvel at everything they have to say. Phenomenal.\"—Matthew Specktor\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44711330381847,"sku":"9798991889438","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/9798991889438.jpg?v=1772933209","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/foust-graham-close-secopb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}