{"product_id":"9781555976019","title":"Coming to That : Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eComing to That\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Dorothea Tanning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStill later, when I was more in touch with \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe world, they told me, \"You have a future.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI thought that over. Even if I believed them, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat did my little future, whatever that was, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ehave to do with the real thing, whatever that is? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e                \u003c\/i\u003e—from \"Waiting\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this second daring collection, \u003ci\u003eComing to That\u003c\/i\u003e, the centenarian painter and poet Dorothea Tanning illuminates our understanding of creativity, the impulse to make, and the longevity of art. Her unique wit and candor radiate through every poem, every line, and her inquisitive mind is everywhere alive and restless. As she writes in one poem, \"If Art would only talk it would, at last, reveal \/ itself for what it is, what we all burn to know.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eComing to That\u003c\/i\u003e] is playful and unrestrained, each poem containing a spontaneous logic of its own. . . . Tanning's poems take the reader on unexpected journeys that stray far from their beginnings, moving with the momentum of sheer joy and restless artistic energy. Pulsing underneath are larger questions, sometimes almost bittersweet, sometimes daunting.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tanning's poems are beautifully created, filled with  rich rhythms and imagery. . . . Often ironic and often filled with wisdom and humor, a Tanning poem asks readers to believe in  her artistic vision. These are poems of beginnings and choices, of  marriage and aging, and of creation--poems still filled with wondering.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dorothea Tanning, who has had a long and marvelous life as a visual artist, is our most surprising new poet.” —\u003ci\u003eEdward Hirsch, The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dorothea Tanning's verbal wizardry is a constant surprise, an abiding delight.” —\u003ci\u003eJ. D. McClatchy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555976019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593161879758,"sku":"9781555976019","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_13144b32-70a0-457a-b734-d6f3e7890e77.jpg?v=1637782819","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555976019","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}