{"product_id":"live-from-the-hong-kong-nile-club-poems-1975-1990-paperback","title":"Live from the Hong Kong Nile Club: Poems: 1975-1990 - 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\u003eThe early poems of an American master\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I have loved the air outside Shop-Rite Liquor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eon summer evenings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebetter than the Marin hills at dusk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003elavender and gold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003estretching miles to the sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the junction, up from the synagogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea weeknight, necessarily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand with my father--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea sale on German beer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAir full of living dust: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebus exhaust, air-borne grains of pizza crust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewounded crystals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eappearing, disappearing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eamong streetlights and unsuccessful neon.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\"Poetics\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugust Kleinzahler's first collections won him a cult following but have long been out of print and hard to find. Here Kleinzahler--acclaimed by \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London) for the \"vision and confident skill to make American poetry new\"--has selected the best of the poems collected in \u003ci\u003eStorm over Hackensack \u003c\/i\u003e(1985) and \u003ci\u003eEarthquake Weather \u003c\/i\u003e(1989) and added an autobiographical Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAugust Kleinzahler's\u003c\/b\u003e most recent collections are \u003ci\u003eGreen Sees Things in Waves\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1998) and \u003ci\u003eRed Sauce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhiskey and Snow\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1995). He lives in San Francisco, where he writes a music column for The San Diego Weekly Reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.22 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42139073740880,"sku":"9780374527013","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/RnJYT1FwV3NvSU8ydCt5TE5CYUhBZz09.webp?v=1774241497","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/live-from-the-hong-kong-nile-club-poems-1975-1990-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}