{"product_id":"james-agee-selected-poems-isbn-9781598530322","title":"James Agee: Selected Poems","description":"Better known for writing in a variety of other genres, James Agee always thought of himself as essentially a poet. Winner of the Yale Younger Poets competition in 1934 for \u003ci\u003ePermit Me Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e, Agee was, in the words of editor Andrew Hudgins, \"as restless in his poetry as he was later in his prose, exhibiting a variety . . . that we expect from the protean mind that excelled in so many different kinds of writing.\" Ranging from intense religious sonnets to lyrics for musical comedy, Agee?s verse takes us into the heart of his unique genius, what Robert Fitzgerald called his \"sense of being . . . a raging awareness of the sensory field in depth and in detail.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the American Poets Project\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegantly designed in compact editions, printed on acid-free paper, and textually authoritative, the American Poets Project makes available the full range of the American poetic accomplishment, selected and introduced by today’s most discerning poets and critics.\u003cb\u003eAndrew Hudgins\u003c\/b\u003e, editor, is Humanities Distinguished Professor in English at The Ohio State University. His volumes of poetry include \u003ci\u003eAmerican Rendering: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eEcstatic in the Poison\u003c\/i\u003e (2003); \u003ci\u003eBabylon in a Jar\u003c\/i\u003e (1998); \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Hammer: A Southern Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e (1994); \u003ci\u003eThe Never-Ending: New Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), a finalist for the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eAfter the Lost War: A Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), which received the Poetry Prize; and \u003ci\u003eSaints and Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is also the author of a book of essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Anvil\u003c\/i\u003e (1997).","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302051827941,"sku":"NP9781598530322","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781598530322.jpg?v=1767730319","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/james-agee-selected-poems-isbn-9781598530322","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}