{"product_id":"the-hotel-oneira-poems-paperback","title":"The Hotel Oneira: 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 thrilling new collection from one of the most original poets of his generation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His work is a modernist swirl of sex, surrealism, urban life, and melancholy with a jazzy backbeat.\" While this praise appeared in the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 2005, it applies no less to August Kleinzahler's newest collection.\u003cbr\u003e Kleinzahler's poetry is, as ever, concerned with permeability: voices, places, the real and the dreamed, the present and the past, all mingle together in verses that always ring true. Whether the poem is three lines long or spans several pages--whether the voice embodied is that of \"an adult male of late middle age, \/\/ about to weep among the avocados and citrus fruits \/ in a vast, overlit room next to a bosomy Cuban grandma\" as in \"Whitney Houston,\" or that of the title character in \"Hootie Bill Do Polonius,\" who is bidding \"\u003ci\u003eadios compadre\u003c\/i\u003e \/\/ To a most galuptious scene Kid\"--Kleinzahler finds the throbbing human heart at the core of experience. \u003cbr\u003e This is a poet searching for--and finding--a cadence to suit life as it's lived today. Kleinzahler's verses are, as noted in the judges' citation for the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize for his collection \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Hours Travelers Keep\u003c\/i\u003e, \"ferociously on the move, between locations, between forms, between registers.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Hotel Oneira\u003c\/i\u003e finds Kleinzahler at his shape-shifting, acrobatic best, unearthing the \"moments of grace\" buried under the detritus of our hectic, modern lives.\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 eleven books of poems and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eCutty, One Rock. \u003c\/i\u003eHis collection \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Hours Travelers Keep\u003c\/i\u003e was 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. That same year he received a Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Francisco, California.\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 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52988012003635,"sku":"9780374534813","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/sS2rkbFToD9780374534813.webp?v=1769072624","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-hotel-oneira-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}