{"product_id":"smith-charlie-jump-soul","title":"Smith, Charlie: Jump Soul: New and Selected Poems (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eW. W. Norton, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: March 24, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelecting from among Charlie Smith's seven previous collections and including more than forty astonishing new poems,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJump Soul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erepresents work from the career of a poet who \"writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream\" (\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e). From the lush Southern landscapes of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed Roads\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1987) and the haunted longing of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeroin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000) to the bold eroticism of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen of America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2004) and, most recently, the fresh and exuberant\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWord Comix\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2009), Smith reminds us \"that we don't really know what beauty is until we've looked hard at the horror that throws beauty into bright relief\" (David Kirby,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e). Beauty in Smith's poetry is mixed with harrowing darkness; it is \"the rescued returned to the floods \/ and fruit pickers, those who catch beauty \/ aflight on the sweet-smelling breeze, authentic characters \/ messed up, dead on the floor \/ of western motels, crapped out jinxed, lost \/ to the boulevards.\" Smith is a poet of \"shimmering energy\" (Mary Oliver). His work, brutal in its honesty and stunning in its lyricism, is represented in all of its extraordinary range in this new collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom \"Collected First Lines\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm sure there is meaning,\u003cbr\u003eand I know it's sometimes more interesting\u003cbr\u003eto stand in a road than to move along it,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethough even this, said with such confidence\u003cbr\u003ejust a minute ago,\u003cbr\u003eexplains nothing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817143971863,"sku":"9780393240221","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/61QePSevrNL._SL1500.jpg?v=1793393412","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/smith-charlie-jump-soul","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}