{"title":"James Longenbach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Longenbach\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a refined exploration of contemporary poetry, weaving themes of memory, time, and art with a delicate yet profound voice. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eForever\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSeafarer\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers into intimate reflections that blend personal experience with broader cultural insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to the intersection of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e will appreciate Longenbach’s nuanced approach to language and form, where each poem carries a quiet intensity and thoughtful craftsmanship. His collections stand as thoughtful meditations on the human condition and creative expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"seafarer-by-james-longenbach-9781324075844","title":"Seafarer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStanding on the shore, preparing to journey into the unknown, James Longenbach wrote these final poems with astonishing courage and clarity. \u003cem\u003eSeafarer\u003c\/em\u003e opens with a gorgeous sequence in which the poet looks down on his life from above, as if he's already left it behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith prophetic perception, Longenbach reflects on the encroaching tide of mortality through myth and memory. This volume unites \u003cem\u003eSeafarer\u003c\/em\u003e with \u003cem\u003eForever\u003c\/em\u003e (2021) and the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist \u003cem\u003eEarthling\u003c\/em\u003e (2017); the three works have a powerful symmetry in their recognition of the ordinary, extraordinary, and precarious experiences of love and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432433369324,"sku":"9781324075844","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324075844.jpg?v=1774555405"},{"product_id":"forever-by-james-longenbach-9781324052067","title":"Forever","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraised for a voice with \"the crystalline, transformative, pure pitch of a lyric poet\" (Ilya Kaminsky), James Longenbach explores a life lived with the knowledge of its end in his sixth collection. These luminous, lyrical poems pose a question: Why did this poet once live as if he would live forever? And what does it mean to know that we will not?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForever\u003c\/em\u003e explores the meaning of love, from its discovery in the first poem, \"Two People,\" to its maintenance in the last, \"Forever.\" In between, the volume explores the precariously imminent demise of all that we love—the finite lives of other people, the mortal beauty of Venice—all thrown into urgent relief by the poet's own cancer diagnosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvoking \"the vivid dailiness of domestic life... and the specificity and poignance\" of memories, \"these lyrics are intimately personal, achingly autobiographical\" (Langdon Hammer, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/em\u003e). Forthright, moving, and wry, the poems in \u003cem\u003eForever\u003c\/em\u003e look back gratefully—excitedly—on a lifetime of self-making and self-shattering events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455565021420,"sku":"9781324052067","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/51jhrYCqeqL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774783509"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/james-longenbach.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}