{"product_id":"the-poetry-of-our-world-an-international-anthology-of-contemporary-poetry-9780060951931","title":"The Poetry of Our World: An International Anthology of Contemporary Poetry","description":"Here is a capacious and sparkling gathering of poems, an anthology that extends its reach from the English-speaking world to Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. This unique volume includes such well-known figures as Pablo Neruda, Anna Akhmatova, Paul Celan, Seamus Heaney, Wole Soyinka, and Elizabeth Bishop but also offers the less familiar but equally welcome voices of Ugandan Okot p'Bitek, Indian A.K. Ramanujan, and the Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa. With insightful essays by such eminent scholars and poets as Helen Vendler, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Sven Birkerts, Carolyn Forché, and Bei Dao placing the selections from each region in their cultural, political, and literary contexts, \u003cem\u003eThe Poetry of Our World\u003c\/em\u003e guides readers through the richest and most eclectic selection of world poetry available today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed J. Paine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.07h x 5.39w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060951931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaine, Ed J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJeffery Paine is the author of \u003cem\u003eFather India: Westerners Under the Spell of an Ancient Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. He is contributing editor, and was for many years literary editor, of the Wilson Quarterly. Jeffery Paine lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ed J. Paine \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566707785885,"sku":"9780060951931","price":34.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a636d20a-ab9f-4d8b-bfd9-5fc8b3b4c2c6.jpg?v=1768315383","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-poetry-of-our-world-an-international-anthology-of-contemporary-poetry-9780060951931","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}