{"product_id":"essays-after-eighty-9780544570313","title":"Essays After Eighty","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donald Hall\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Deliciously readable . . . Donald Hall, if abandoned by the muse of poetry, has wrought his prose to a keen autumnal edge. \u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e His entire life, Donald Hall has dedicated himself to the written word, putting together a storied career as a poet, essayist, and memoirist. Now, in the unknown, unanticipated galaxy of very old age, he is writing essays that startle, move, and delight. In \u003ci\u003eEssays After Eighty, \u003c\/i\u003eHall ruminates on his past: thirty was terrifying, forty I never noticed because I was drunk, fifty was best with a total change of life, sixty extended the bliss of fifty . . . He also addresses his present: When I turned eighty and rubbed testosterone on my chest, my beard roared like a lion and gained four inches. Most memorably, Hall writes about his enduring love affair with his ancestral Eagle Pond Farm and with the writing life that sustains him every day: Yesterday my first nap was at 9:30 a.m., but when I awoke I wrote again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alluring, inspirational hominess . . . \u003ci\u003eEssays After Eighty\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure . . . balancing frankness about losses with humor and gratitude. \u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A fine book of remembering all sorts of things past, \u003ci\u003eEssays After Eighty \u003c\/i\u003eis to be treasured. \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DONALD HALL, who served as poet laureate of the United States from 2006 to 2007, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45114254000279,"sku":"9780544570313","price":1008.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780544570313.webp?v=1769206305","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/essays-after-eighty-9780544570313","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}