{"product_id":"penguin-poetsisbn-9780140586955","title":"Penguin Poets","description":"Carroll, a diarist and rock performer, is best known for his coming-of-age memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, which became an instant classic when it was first published in 1978 and then a national bestseller when a film version of the book was released in 1995. Carroll initially made his reputation as a poet, and has won acclaim and comparisons to everyone from Rimbaud to Frank O’Hara for his delicate yet hallucinatory imagery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume of poetry collects selections from Jim Carroll’s \u003ci\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in 1973 when he was twenty-two, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Nods\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 1986. \u003ci\u003eFear of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDreaming \u003c\/i\u003ealso includes pieces previously unpublished in book form, including “Curtis’s Charm,” a vignette set in New York City’s Central Park about a man convinced he is a victim of black magic, and poetic tributes to Robert Mapplethorpe and Ted Berrigan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “His poems’ urgent, obsessive metaphors pose tensely against their cool, streetwise surface voice, charging them with an electricity that’s at once disturbing, sexual, religious, and psychological.”—Tom Clark, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003eFear of Dreaming\u003cb\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlue Poles\u003cbr\u003eThe Distances\u003cbr\u003eThe Narrows\u003cbr\u003eAugust\u003cbr\u003eTraffic\u003cbr\u003eStyro\u003cbr\u003eMorning\u003cbr\u003eNext Door\u003cbr\u003eThe Green Bus\u003cbr\u003eThe Loft\u003cbr\u003eIn the Valley\u003cbr\u003eThe Burning of Bustin's Island\u003cbr\u003eLove Rockets\u003cbr\u003eThe Other Garden\u003cbr\u003eHeroin\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eBirthday Poem\u003cbr\u003eSeltzer\u003cbr\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003cbr\u003eYour Daughter\u003cbr\u003eFragment: Little N.Y. Ode\u003cbr\u003eCough Syrup\u003cbr\u003eOne Flight Up\u003cbr\u003eHow Relaxed\u003cbr\u003eFor Ezra Pound\u003cbr\u003eThe Blue Pill\u003cbr\u003eBlood Bridge\u003cbr\u003ePoem on My Son's  Birthday\u003cbr\u003eCrossed Wires\u003cbr\u003eLeaving N.Y.C.\u003cbr\u003eA Fragment\u003cbr\u003eVacation\u003cbr\u003eA Short Reminder\u003cbr\u003eGliding\u003cbr\u003eTo a Poetess\u003cbr\u003eThe Cosmopolitian Sense\u003cbr\u003eGrowing Up\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eCold Faces\u003cbr\u003eTo the Secret Poets of Kansas\u003cbr\u003eJet Fizzle\u003cbr\u003eSea Battle\u003cbr\u003eAn Early Morning Crucifixion\u003cbr\u003eInvisible Sleep\u003cbr\u003eSure . . .\u003cbr\u003eFear and Trembling\u003cbr\u003eAfter St. John of the Cross\u003cbr\u003eLittle Ode on St. Anne's Day\u003cbr\u003eChop Chop\u003cbr\u003eSilver Mirrors\u003cbr\u003eHighway Report\u003cbr\u003eDog Crunch\u003cbr\u003eLove Poem (Later)\u003cbr\u003eCalifornia Poem\u003cbr\u003eWithdrawal Letter\u003cbr\u003eMaybe I'm Amazed\u003cbr\u003eMercury Clouds\u003cbr\u003eNew Year 1970\u003cbr\u003eMidnight\u003cbr\u003ePrell\u003cbr\u003eBack Home\u003cbr\u003eFor Sue's Birthday\u003cbr\u003eSong\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eLove Story\u003cbr\u003eIn This Room Particularly\u003cbr\u003eThe Tenth Try\u003cbr\u003eLove Poem\u003cbr\u003eFor Your Birthday\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eOn the Rush\u003cbr\u003eWords from Babylon\u003cbr\u003eTorn Canvas\u003cbr\u003eThe Birth and Death of the Sun\u003cbr\u003eIt Doesn't Matter\u003cbr\u003eChelsea May\u003cbr\u003eSavage Bubbles\u003cbr\u003eParegoric Babies\u003cbr\u003eAn Apple at Dawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Book of Nods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrained Monkey\u003cbr\u003eWith van Gogh\u003cbr\u003eA Poet Dies\u003cbr\u003eHomage to Gerard Manley Hopkins\u003cbr\u003eWatching the Schoolyard\u003cbr\u003eGuitar Voodoo\u003cbr\u003eMy Father's Vacation\u003cbr\u003eQuality\u003cbr\u003ePost Office\u003cbr\u003eThe Ice Capades\u003cbr\u003e\"The Academy of the Future Is Opening Its Doors . . .\"\u003cbr\u003eParting the Reeds\u003cbr\u003eThe Lakes of Sligo\u003cbr\u003eLenses\u003cbr\u003eA Beach Landing\u003cbr\u003eZeno's Final Paradox\u003cbr\u003eParaguay\u003cbr\u003eThe Safe Corridor\u003cbr\u003eRimbaud Scenes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRimbaud's Tooth Ache\u003cbr\u003eRimbaud Sees the Dentist\u003cbr\u003eWaking in a Painter's Loft in Paris\u003cbr\u003eRimbaud Running Guns\u003cbr\u003eRimbaud Pays Homage to Saint Helena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfederate Lake\u003cbr\u003eOne Hundred Years of Boredom\u003cbr\u003eSilent Money\u003cbr\u003eScouting\u003cbr\u003eFive Irresponsible Students of Zen\u003cbr\u003eThe Buddha Reveals Himself\u003cbr\u003eMe, Myself, and I\u003cbr\u003eTeeth Marks\u003cbr\u003eReaching France\u003cbr\u003eIn the Law Library\u003cbr\u003eIn the Capital\u003cbr\u003eStepping Out of M.O.M.A.\u003cbr\u003eDays\u003cbr\u003eThe Transient\u003cbr\u003eJust Visiting\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York City Variations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems 1973-1985\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eWinter's Age\u003cbr\u003eFor Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eM. Verdoux, The Wife Killer\u003cbr\u003eA Night Outing\u003cbr\u003eWing and Claw\u003cbr\u003eThe Ad Man's Daughter\u003cbr\u003eSaint Theresa\u003cbr\u003eIn Four Seasons\u003cbr\u003eDead Salamander's Song\u003cbr\u003ePainting by Flashlight\u003cbr\u003eHeroes\u003cbr\u003eNightclubbing\u003cbr\u003ePost-Modernism\u003cbr\u003eThe Caves\u003cbr\u003eJudging the Pageant\u003cbr\u003eEl Hombre del Ombre\u003cbr\u003eA Window in Cherry Valley\u003cbr\u003eOn Tour\u003cbr\u003eDueling the Monkey\u003cbr\u003eA Child Growing Up with the Sun\u003cbr\u003eFor John Donne\u003cbr\u003eEugene, Oregon\u003cbr\u003eOur Desires\u003cbr\u003eMy Debt\u003cbr\u003eOn Susan's Birthday\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eDresden to Chesapeake Bay\u003cbr\u003eIn the Deep Green Vase\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eThe New Death\u003cbr\u003eThe Runners\u003cbr\u003e3 Short Poems:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eCompassion\u003cbr\u003eCinco de Mayo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThings That Fly\u003cbr\u003eFor Robert Smithson\u003cbr\u003eBorges Death Mask\u003cbr\u003eThe Desert Casino\u003cbr\u003eMusic Television\u003cbr\u003eSleeplessness\u003cbr\u003eIn the Gears\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York 1989-1993\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurtis's Charm\u003cbr\u003eA Perfect Stranger\u003cbr\u003eI Am Not Kurt Schwitters\u003cbr\u003eCalm Under Fire\u003cbr\u003eFear of Dreaming\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eEpiphany\u003cbr\u003eInauguration Day\u003cbr\u003eIn Time, AIDS\u003cbr\u003eSong\u003cbr\u003eEvening News\u003cbr\u003ePraying Mantis\u003cbr\u003eMicky\u003cbr\u003eTo the National Endowment for the Arts\u003cbr\u003eCoda\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003eJim Carroll’s bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995.  Carroll’s work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, \u003ci\u003eForces Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973\u003c\/i\u003e.  As the leader of The Jim Carroll Band he released three albums as well as several spoken word recordings.  He died in New York City on September 11, 2009.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303260115173,"sku":"NP9780140586955","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140586954_1b6ccb3c-a1a5-4b58-919f-1768998071ad.jpg?v=1730753651","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/penguin-poetsisbn-9780140586955","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}