{"product_id":"how-long-paperback","title":"How Long - 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\u003eRon Padgett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon Padgett's title poem asks: \"How long do you want to go on being the person you think you are? \/ How Long, a city in China.\" With the arrival of his first grandchild, Padgett becomes even more inspired to confront the eternal mysteries in poems with a wry, rueful honesty that comes only with experience, in his case sixty-eight years of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI never thought, \u003cbr\u003eforty years ago, \u003cbr\u003etaping my poems into a notebook, \u003cbr\u003ethat one day the tape\u003cbr\u003ewould turn yellow, grow brittle, and fall off\u003cbr\u003eand that I'd find myself on hands and knees\u003cbr\u003egroaning as I picked the pieces up\u003cbr\u003eoff the floor\u003cbr\u003eone by one\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Padgett\u003c\/b\u003e is a celebrated translator, memoirist, and \"a thoroughly American poet, coming sideways out of Whitman, Williams, and New York Pop with a Tulsa twist\" (Peter Gizzi). His poetry has been translated into more than a dozen languages and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Anthology of Postmodern American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and on Garrison Keillor's \u003ci\u003eWriter's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also a guest on Keillor's \u003ci\u003eA Prairie Home Companion \u003c\/i\u003ein 2009. Padgett is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and his most recent books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYou Never Know, Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eIf I Were You\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Oklahoma, he lives in New York City and Calais, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon Padgett is a celebrated translator, memoirist, and, \"a thoroughly American poet, coming sideways out of Whitman, Williams, and New York Pop with a Tulsa twist\" (Peter Gizzi). His poetry has been translated into more than a dozen languages and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry, Poetry 180, The Norton Anthology of Postmodern American Poetry, The Oxford Book of American Poetry, \u003c\/i\u003e and on Garrison Keillor's \u003ci\u003eWriter's Almanac.\u003c\/i\u003e He was also a guest on Keillor's \u003ci\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/i\u003e in 2009. Padgett is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and his most recent books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Perfect, You Never Know, Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIf I Were You.\u003c\/i\u003e Born in Oklahoma, he lives in New York City and Calais, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 91\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43778535948351,"sku":"9781566892568","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/how-long-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}