{"product_id":"9780374522711","title":"In the Western Night : Collected Poems, 1965-1990","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Western Night\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Frank Bidart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Western Night\u003c\/i\u003e brings together in one volume all of the poems to date, including many previously unpublished poems, of one of the most exciting and gifted poets writing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIn the Western Night\u003c\/i\u003e\" establishes Frank Bidart's place among this century's most emotionally articular poets. His fine earlier books, published between 1973 and 1983, are here, surroudned by a selection of equally impressive newer pieces. Taken together, they constitute a hauntingly raw voice that finds itself through an exhilarating array of prosodic techniques. More than most of his post-confessional contemporaries, Bidart is unafraid of passion, and willing to harness his passion to words and structures...His voice, and the voices in his dramatic monologues, are unrelentingly curious and honest; and yet they inevitably back up against the greatest of mysteries.” —\u003ci\u003eMatthew Gilbert, The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In the supreme poems, Bidart's spiritual force makes me...yield to the authority of the voice. \"Ellen West\" is a heartbreaking act of sympathy.” —\u003ci\u003eDenis Donoghue, The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Achieves a grandeur of vision few poets nowadays can match.” —\u003ci\u003eAlan Shapiro, Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated National Book Critics Circle Award - Nominee (1990), National Books Critics Circle Awards - Nominee (1990), Nominated National Book Critics Circle Awards - Nominee (1990)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374522711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40660250034382,"sku":"9780374522711","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_b7e18a95-9cd0-4ead-960f-6540325fd98d.jpg?v=1639535607","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374522711","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}