{"product_id":"before-dawn-on-bluff-road-hollyhocks-in-the-fog-selected-new-jersey-poems-selected-san-francisco-poems-paperback","title":"Before Dawn on Bluff Road \/ Hollyhocks in the Fog: Selected New Jersey Poems \/ Selected San Francisco Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAugust Kleinzahler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of August Kleinzahler's best poems, divided--like his life--between New Jersey and San Francisco\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen August Kleinzahler won the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize for his collection \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Hours Travelers Keep\u003c\/i\u003e, the judges' citation referred to his work as \"ferociously on the move, between locations, between forms, between registers.\" They might also have added \"between New Jersey and San Francisco,\" the places Kleinzahler has spent his life traveling between, both on the road and on the page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection assembles the best of his New Jersey and San Francisco poems for the first time, organized according to place, with each city receiving its own title and cover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding readers with a gorgeous guide to Kleinzahler's interior geography, \u003ci\u003eBefore Dawn on Bluff Road\u003c\/i\u003e (New Jersey) and \u003ci\u003eHollyhocks in the Fog \u003c\/i\u003e(San Francisco) function as both word-maps and word-anatomies of one of our greatest poet's lifelong passions and preoccupations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAugust Kleinzahler\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1949. He is the author of several books of poems and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eCutty, One Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. His collection \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Hours Travelers Keep \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize, and \u003ci\u003eSleeping It Off in Rapid City\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. That same year he received a Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42138536378448,"sku":"9780374537685","price":26.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/THFxaUIyVXQzVUV4Y1FlRm1xY3B6QT09.webp?v=1774176673","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/before-dawn-on-bluff-road-hollyhocks-in-the-fog-selected-new-jersey-poems-selected-san-francisco-poems-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}