{"product_id":"selfish-poems-9781555977085","title":"Selfish: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Albert Goldbarth\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If Goldbarth belongs to a school, he is surely its sole member. He's simply . . . one of our most generous working poets.\" --\u003ci\u003eRumpus \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd you \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eperhaps don't like this poem: its free verse\u003cbr\u003eor its narrative or the way it uses\u003cbr\u003egender or the heavy-handed\u003cbr\u003eword-play of its title. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike I care. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI wrote this for me.\u003cbr\u003e --from \"'Try the Selfish'\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his latest collection, the incomparable Albert Goldbarth explores all things \"self-ish\" the origins of identity, the search for ancestry, the neurology of self-awareness, and the line between \"self\" and \"other.\" Whether one line long or ten pages, whether uproariously comic or steeped in gravitas, these are poems that address our human essence.","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355406917783,"sku":"9781555977085","price":963.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781555977085.webp?v=1767670802","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/selfish-poems-9781555977085","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}