{"product_id":"that-swing-poems-2008-2016-paperback","title":"That Swing: Poems, 2008-2016 - 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\u003eX. J. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, his ninth book of poetry, lyric master X. J. Kennedy regales his readers with engaging rhythm fittingly signaled by the book's title, which echoes Duke Ellington's jazz classic \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing).\" Kennedy's poems, infused with verve and surprise, are by turns irresistibly funny and sharply insightful about life in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome poems are personal recollections of childhood and growing up, as in \"My Mother Consigns to the Flames My Trove of Comic Books.\" \"Thomas Hardy's Obsequies\" tells the bizarre true account of the literary giant's burial. Other poems portray memorable characters, from Jane Austen (\"Jane Austen Drives to Alton in Her Donkey Trap\") to a giant land tortoise (\"Lonesome George\") to a slow-witted man hired to cook for a nudist colony (\"Pudge Wescott\"). Kennedy is a storyteller of the first order, relating tales of travel to far-reaching places, from the Galapagos Islands and Tiananmen Square to the hectic back streets of Bamako, Mali. This wise and clever book is rounded out with adept translations of work by Charles Baudelaire, Stephane Mallarme, Arthur Rimbaud, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eX. J. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e has written nine collections of poetry, among them\u003ci\u003e In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus: New and Selected Poems, 1955\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e2007\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFits of Concision: Collected Poems of Six or Fewer Lines.\u003c\/i\u003e The coeditor, with Dana Gioia, of \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, he has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Poets' Prize, the Robert Frost Medal, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Aiken-Taylor Award, and the Jackson Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53212960882995,"sku":"9781421422442","price":46.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/S1f5BqHgfl9781421422442.webp?v=1775688251","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/that-swing-poems-2008-2016-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}