{"product_id":"a-book-of-luminous-things-an-international-anthology-of-poetry","title":"A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz selects and introduces 300 of his favorite poems from poets from around the world in this \"magnificent collection\" that ranges \"widely across time and continents, from eighth century China to contemporary americanca\" (San Francisco Chronicle).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCzeslaw Milosz's \u003ci\u003eA Book of Luminous Things\u003c\/i\u003e--his personal selection of poems from the past and present--is a testament to the stunning varieties of human experience, offered up so that we may see the myriad ways that experience can be shared in words and images. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMilosz provides a preface to each of these poems, divided into thematic (and often beguiling) sections, such as \"Travel,\" \"History,\" and \"The Secret of a Thing,\" that make the reading as instructional as it is inspirational and remind us how powerfully poetry can touch our minds and hearts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes such poems as: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Kingfisher by Mary Oliver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Sleepless Night by Philip Levine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Most of It by Robert Frost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI am the Poet by Walt Whitman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eView with a Grain of Sand by Wislawa Szymborska\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Strange New Cottage in Berkeley by ALlen Ginsberg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrazil, January 1, 1502 by Elizabeth Bishop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Go Back to May 1937 by Sharon Olds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Card-Players by Philip Larkin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWine by Raymond Carver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the Anniversary of My Death by W.S. Merwin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0156005743\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780156005746\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Milosz, Czeslaw\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Apr 1998)","offer_id":45937595089093,"sku":"9780156005746","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780156005746.jpg?v=1772880973","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/a-book-of-luminous-things-an-international-anthology-of-poetry","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}