{"product_id":"essential-w-s-merwin","title":"Essential W.S. Merwin","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Essential W.S. Merwin\u003c\/i\u003e traces a poetic legacy that changed the landscape of American letters: seven decades of audacity, rigor, and candor distilled into one definitive volume curated to represent the very best works from a vast oeuvre, from his 1952 debut, \u003ci\u003eA Mask for Janus\u003c\/i\u003e, to 2016's \u003ci\u003eGarden Time\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Essential W.S Merwin\u003c\/i\u003e includes favorite poems from two Pulitzer Prize-winning volumes; a selection of iconic translations; and lesser-known prose narratives. As the formalism of Merwin's early work loosened into the open, unpunctuated style he developed during the Civil Rights Movement--when urgent times demanded innovative modes of expression--readers can trace the evolution of one voice's commitment to moral, spiritual, and aesthetic inquiry. Across the decades, beyond headlines, policies, and trends, W.S. Merwin's poems point to the lessons that hide in the shadows of sentience.","brand":"W S Merwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43806038884394,"sku":"9781556595134","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/essential-ws-merwin-8310569.jpg?v=1762480924","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/essential-w-s-merwin","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}