{"product_id":"synthesizing-gravity-selected-prose","title":"Synthesizing Gravity: Selected Prose by Ryan, Kay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first-ever collection of essays by one of our most distinguished and distinctive poets, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Kay Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSynthesizing Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e gathers for the first time a thirty-year selection of Kay Ryan's probings into aesthetics, poetics, and the mind in pursuit of art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA bracing collection of critical prose, book reviews, and her private previously unpublished soundings of poems and poets-- including Robert Frost, Stevie Smith, Marianne Moore, William Bronk, and Emily Dickinson-- \u003ci\u003eSynthesizing Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e bristles with Ryan's crisp wit, her keen off-kilter insights, and her appetite and appreciation for the genuine. Among essays like \"Radiantly Indefensible,\" \"Notes on the Danger of Notebooks,\" and \"The Abrasion of Loneliness,\" are piquant pieces on the virtues of emptiness, forgetfulness, and other under-loved concepts. Edited and with an introduction by Christian Wiman, this generous collection of Ryan's distinctive thinking gives us a surprising look into the mind of an American master.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kay Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802148582","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43656105885849,"sku":"9780802148582","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_e20bc4b5-585f-4180-9489-870501b5c26e.jpg?v=1724651724","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/synthesizing-gravity-selected-prose","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}