{"product_id":"poetry-says-it-better-poems-to-help-you-wake-up-9780063387683","title":"Poetry Says It Better: Poems to Help You Wake Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A generous, heartfelt gift.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(STARRED review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe legendary Academy Award-winning actress reflects on her love affair with poetry and makes us all believers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all want inspiration. We want to feel connected to something universal. And we want to be able to share that wonder with friends and loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this beautiful volume, Ellen Burstyn celebrates poetic magic and shares her favorite works. Now into her nineties, Ellen reveals she had an evangelical response to learning poetry even as a child and would memorize and recite the works of Edna St Vincent Millay to envelope herself in the poet's deeper emotional landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Burstyn continued her epic rise through film and theater--eventually winning an Oscar, a Tony, a BAFTA, and an Emmy--poetry gave voice to her experience as no other literary art form could. She never went anywhere without her curated \"poetry pack.\" While waiting on set, in rehearsal, on a train, or just relaxing, she found comfort in verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly nine decades, poetry has led Ellen on a life of adventure, from a pilgrimage to Rumi's birthplace to a friendship with Maya Angelou, during which the poet read her work in Ellen's movie trailer, to selecting the poems to join her in love, in motherhood and in grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing work by W.B. Yeats, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Rainer Maria Rilke, Mary Oliver, William Wordsworth, Edgar Allan Poe, Rumi, William Ernest Henley, and others, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Says It Better \u003c\/i\u003eis a perfect daily companion for everyone looking to deepen and add meaning to their life experience. Throughout, Burstyn's charming voice and luminous insights help readers meet her in this poetic celebration--soul to soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Burstyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 6.38w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063387683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurstyn, Ellen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Burstyn\u003c\/strong\u003e won a Tony Award for her role in \u003cem\u003eSame Time, Next Year\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), is a six-time Oscar nominee, winning the Best Actress Award for \u003cem\u003eAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), and a six-time Emmy nominee, with one win for her guest role on \u003cem\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Order: SVU\u003c\/em\u003e (2008-09). She has appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre for more than five decades. Ellen is the co-president of the famed Actors Studio. In 2006, her memoir, \u003cem\u003eLessons in Becoming Myself\u003c\/em\u003e, became a national bestseller. She also lectures around the country on a wide variety of topics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ellen Burstyn \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47897170968733,"sku":"9780063387683","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ba3d2ae6-ebc0-4a17-afe4-c7d82c7d320e.jpg?v=1778003475","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/poetry-says-it-better-poems-to-help-you-wake-up-9780063387683","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}