{"product_id":"who-said-paperback","title":"Who Said - 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\u003eJennifer Michael Hecht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jennifer Michael Hecht writes delightfully tricky poems that wildly bend the sense of our language.\"--Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hecht's rhymes are irregular, gymnastic, pointed, and fun; she's found what so many would-be populists seek, an idiom entirely conversational yet able to sustain unexpected ideas.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Said\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on life's profound questions told through playful engagement with iconic poems and lyrics. Jennifer Michael Hecht's book is a magic echo chamber wherein great poems come back to us, altered to fit the concerns of our moment. This wildly interpretive treatment of Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and the rock band Nirvana is original, occasionally hilarious, and always moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Not Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Promises to keep,\" was a lie, he had nothing. Throughthe woods. Over the river and into the pain. It is an addict'stalk of quitting as she's smacking at a vein. He was alwaysgoing into the woods. It was he who wrote, \"The only way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003earound is through.\" You'd think a shrink, but no, a poet. He saw the woods and knew. The forest is the one that holdspromises. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, they fillwith a quiet snow. Miles are traveled as we sleep. He steers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ehis horse off the road. Among the trees now, the blizzardis a dusting. Holes in the canopy make columns of snowstorm, lit from above. His little horse thinks it is queer. They godeeper, sky gets darker. It's the darkest night of the year . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Michael Hecht\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several nonfiction titles, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Happiness Myth\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperOne). She teaches at The New School and lives in the BoCoCa neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Michael Hecht: Jennifer Michael Hecht earned a BA from Adelphi University and a Ph.D. in the history of science from Columbia University. Her debut volume of poetry, The Next Ancient World, won the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award. She teaches at The New School and lives in Brooklyn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 0.39 x 8.66 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50375753793773,"sku":"9781556594496","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/xPIeWj8Uwk9781556594496.webp?v=1785569890","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/who-said-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}