{"product_id":"umbra-poems-1976-1977-paperback","title":"Umbra: Poems 1976 -1977 - 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\u003eEric Basso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter completing his first collection of poems, \u003cem\u003eAccidental Monsters, \u003c\/em\u003e in six months, Eric Basso immediately began \u003cem\u003eUmbra, \u003c\/em\u003e which he finished on the eve of his thirtieth birthday. It is a poet's giant notebook, a laboratory for almost daily experiment with form and image. Many of the poems here read as extended haiku, others record fleeting visions, fluctuating states of mind, dwarfed mysteries of intrigue and sudden loss, brief comedies, or simply moments of heightened perception, all fixed like flies in amber. In this early collection, Basso unabashedly offers the reader poems written without a net. For anyone who wishes to look behind the curtain, \u003cem\u003eUmbra\u003c\/em\u003e is an indispensable document.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Basso was born in Baltimore in 1947. His work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eAsylum Annual, Bakunin, Central Park, Chicago Review, Collages \u0026amp; Bricolages, Exquisite Corpse, Fiction International, \u003c\/em\u003e and many other publications. His novel, \u003cem\u003eBartholomew Fair, \u003c\/em\u003e is available from Asylum Arts. He is the author of twenty-one plays. His critically acclaimed drama trilogy, \u003cem\u003eThe Golem Triptych;\u003c\/em\u003e the complete short plays, \u003cem\u003eEnigmas;\u003c\/em\u003e his play \u003cem\u003eThe Sabbatier Effect;\u003c\/em\u003e a book of short fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Beak Doctor;\u003c\/em\u003e and five collections of poetry, \u003cem\u003eAccidental Monsters, The Catwalk Watch, The Smoking Mirror, Catafalques, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGhost Light, \u003c\/em\u003e are available from Asylum Arts, along with \u003cem\u003eDecompositions: Essays on Art \u0026amp; Literature 1973-1989\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRevagations: 1966-1974, \u003c\/em\u003e the first volume of a book of dreams. Basso's most recent previous collection of poems, \u003cem\u003eEarthworks, \u003cem\u003e was published by Six Gallery Press in 2008.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52727962042675,"sku":"9781878580726","price":40.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bUZvQkpaTzFyWFNuKzdVVVNLMkVzZz09.webp?v=1763769765","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/umbra-poems-1976-1977-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}