{"product_id":"a-carnival-of-losses-notes-nearing-ninety-paperback","title":"A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormer poet laureate of the United States Donald Hall's final collection of essays, from the vantage point of very old age, once again \"alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny.\"*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *(\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Why should a nonagenarian hold anything back?\" Donald Hall answers his own question in these self-knowing, fierce, and funny essays on aging, the pleasures of solitude, and the sometimes astonishing freedoms arising from both.\u003cbr\u003e Nearing ninety at the time of writing, he intersperses memories of exuberant days in his youth, with uncensored tales of literary friendships spanning decades--with James Wright, Richard Wilbur, Seamus Heaney, and other luminaries.\u003cbr\u003e Cementing his place alongside Roger Angell and Joan Didion as a generous and profound chronicler of loss, this final work is as original and searing as anything Hall wrote during his extraordinary literary lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDONALD HALL (1928-2018), served as poet laureate of the United States from 2006 to 2007. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, awarded by President Obama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987428868397,"sku":"9780358056140","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/bmlTTGIrY1gyNHQ0V0x6Z2tpZE15dz09.webp?v=1776178650","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-carnival-of-losses-notes-nearing-ninety-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}