{"product_id":"void-of-course-isbn-9780140589092","title":"Void of Course","description":"In 1973, at the age of twenty-three, \u003cb\u003eJim Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e burst upon the poetry scene with his first collection, \u003cb\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003c\/b\u003e, a book of vivid and inventive verse that won him comparisons to everyone from \u003cb\u003eArthur Rimbaud\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eFrank O'Hara\u003c\/b\u003e.  \u003cp\u003eCarroll's first new book of poetry in more than a decade, \u003cb\u003eVoid of Course\u003c\/b\u003e presents work composed over the last two years. His major themes--love, friendship, desire, time and memory, and, above all, the ever-present city--emerge in an atmosphere where dream and reality mingle on equal terms. These seventy-seven poems range from graphic, sensuous shorter pieces to edgy stream-of-consciousness prose poems to longer, more contemplative works such as \"While She's Gone,\" an eerie tour de force of longing over a departed lover. \u003cb\u003eVoid of Course\u003c\/b\u003e establishes that Carroll's power and purity of vision are stronger than ever.\u003c\/p\u003eVoid Of Course8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain\u003cbr\u003eFacts\u003cbr\u003eThe Bakery\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eThe Child Within\u003cbr\u003eTrain Surfing\u003cbr\u003eGoethe's Early Garden\u003cbr\u003eZeno's Law of High-Heel Shoes\u003cbr\u003eJukebox\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eSick Bird\u003cbr\u003eSpy\u003cbr\u003eBad Intentions\u003cbr\u003eInsomnia\u003cbr\u003eRadiation\u003cbr\u003eWhile She's Gone\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eLines\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eMy Father's Last Words\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eTranslating\u003cbr\u003eWhat Burroughs Told Me\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eFor Virginia\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eEaster Sunday\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eFlash Flood\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eSpecific Instances\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eEcology\u003cbr\u003eCrown of Thorns\u003cbr\u003eLocked Wing\u003cbr\u003eThe Big Ambulance\u003cbr\u003eThe Ocean Below\u003cbr\u003eNote\u003cbr\u003eA Plea\u003cbr\u003eDance Floor\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eNote\u003cbr\u003eLong Distance\u003cbr\u003eNative Moon\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eThe Black Rose\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eValentine\u003cbr\u003eFranz Kline's Old Studio\u003cbr\u003eGrains of Sand\u003cbr\u003e1957 (Hurricane)\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eFilm\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003eMessage Left on a Phone Machine\u003cbr\u003ePoemJim 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":46301118202085,"sku":"NP9780140589092","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140589092.jpg?v=1767743518","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/void-of-course-isbn-9780140589092","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}