{"product_id":"letters-to-a-stranger-poems-paperback","title":"Letters to a Stranger: 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\u003eThomas James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLucie Brock-Broido\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe searing collection, a cult favorite for decades, by the late Thomas James\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eI will last forever. I am not impatient--\u003cbr\u003eMy skin will wait to greet its old complexions.\u003cbr\u003eI'll lie here till the world swims back again.\u003cbr\u003e --from \"Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas James's \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e--originally published in 1973, shortly before James's suicide--has become one of the underground classics of contemporary poetry. In this new edition, with an introduction by Lucie Brock-Broido and four of James's poems never before published in book form, this fraught and moving masterpiece is at last available. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters to a Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e is a new book in the Graywolf Poetry Re\/View Series, edited by Mark Doty, dedicated to bringing essential books of contemporary American poetry back into print.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas James\u003c\/b\u003e (1946-74) was from Joliet, Illinois. \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Theodore Roethke Prize from Poetry Northwest in 1969, was his only book of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9.02 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50343969882349,"sku":"9781555975029","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/mCC_xF8uWg9781555975029.webp?v=1785178425","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/letters-to-a-stranger-poems-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}