{"product_id":"i-must-be-living-twice-new-and-selected-poems-1975-2014-isbn-9780062389084","title":"I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems 1975 - 2014","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of thrilling verse, including both new poems and beloved favorites, from the celebrated poet, modern cult icon, and author of \u003cem\u003eChelsea Girls.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEileen Myles’ work is known for its blend of reality and fiction, the sublime and the ephemeral. Her work opens readers to astonishing new considerations of familiar places, like the East Village in her iconic \u003cem\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/em\u003e, and invites them into lush—and sometimes horrid—dream worlds, imbuing the landscapes of her writing with the vividness and energy of fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Must Be Living Twice\u003c\/em\u003e brings together selections from the poet’s previous work with a set of bold new poems that reflect her sardonic, unapologetic, and fiercely intellectual literary voice. Steeped in the culture of New York City, Myles’ milieu, \u003cem\u003eI Must Be Living Twice\u003c\/em\u003e is a prism refracting a radical world and a compelling life.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eA collection of thrilling new and beloved past work from one of America's most celebrated poets, Eileen Myles, a cult icon and modern favorite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEileen Myles's poetry and prose are known for their blend of reality and fiction, the sublime and the ephemeral, in which Myles not only lets her readers peer into existent places, like the East Village in her iconic\u003cem\u003e Chelsea Girls\u003c\/em\u003e, but also lifts them into dreams, imbuing the landscapes of her writing with the vividness and energy of fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Must Be Living Twice\u003c\/em\u003e brings selections from the poet's previous work together with a set of bold new poems, through which Myles continues to refine her sardonic, unapologetic, and fiercely intellectual literary voice. Steeped in the culture of New York City, Myles's stomping grounds and the home of her most well-known work, she provides a wide-open lens into a radical life.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Myles's work is hard to describe, best encountered on its own terms; suffice to say it combines frankness and beauty in a truly original way.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As lead adds luster to crystal, plain talk insures the strength and transparency of poetry. That would explain why this large selection of Eileen Myles’s poetry feels so breathtakingly engaging, like a gasp of fresh air in the turbulent urban environment she writes from. Once again, Myles shows how there's no substitute for telling it like it is.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Ashbery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Myles's work is hard to describe, best encountered on its own terms; suffice to say it combines frankness and beauty in a truly original way.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Myles has long been a steady presence on the New York poetry scene...With the publication of this new and selected volume, which covers her 40-year career, [Myles] has become the toast of the town and the poetry world at-large.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Myles is a big deal, a rock star, sort of like the Patti Smith of contemporary poetry. . . . Myles is relentlessly casual, and even joyful. Myles has a good time journeying through Hell, and like a hip Virgil, is happy to show us the way.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is a rare thing when someone so cool is also so warm. Eileen Myles’s essential poetry is the hip kid leaning against their locker secretly burning with intensity, the smartest boy in the class who doesn’t care he has a scar down his face, the thing you just wish you’d said.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLena Dunham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Read this, Eileen is epic!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Heroic, monolithic, pure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice Notely\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888793940197,"sku":"NP9780062389084","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062389084.jpg?v=1730229844","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/i-must-be-living-twice-new-and-selected-poems-1975-2014-isbn-9780062389084","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}