{"product_id":"9781555975258","title":"To Be Read in 500 Years : Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTo Be Read in 500 Years\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Albert Goldbarth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo often (let's be honest here) we poets\u003cbr\u003ewill invent dreams, for our own strategic purposes.\u003cbr\u003eBut this one is real, and one of the few\u003cbr\u003eI remember. I awoke in the future.\u003cbr\u003e                              —from \"Mailbox\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Be Read in 500 Years\u003c\/i\u003e is the poet Albert Goldbarth's time capsule for a future that none of us can now imagine—a world without mailboxes, without sexual reproduction, without oil or tillable soil, without the capacity to understand music or poetry or \"love love love love crazy love.\" Goldbarth's smart and nostalgic collection of poems, spoken from that future's distant past, reminds us of everything we have to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Albert Goldbarth is a poet of remarkable gifts--a dazzling virtuoso who can break your heart.” —\u003ci\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Albert Goldbarth just may be the American poet of his generation for the ages. Often humorous but always serious, Goldbarth combines erudite research, pop-culture fanaticism, and personal anecdote in ways that make his writings among the most stylistically recognizable in the literary world.” —\u003ci\u003eJudith Kitchen, The Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In thirty-five years of writing, Albert Goldbarth has amassed a body of work as substantial and intelligent as that of anyone in his generation.” —\u003ci\u003eWilliam Doreski, The Harvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555975258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594832326862,"sku":"9781555975258","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_60611acd-c40f-4830-91eb-41039e0bf5ac.jpg?v=1637819386","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555975258","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}