{"product_id":"inventions-on-the-brink-essays-paperback","title":"Inventions on the Brink: Essays - 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\u003eJ. T. Barbarese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInventions on the Brink, \u003c\/i\u003e a collection of literary journalism by J. T. Barbarese, offers engagingly plainspoken and informed essays on American poetry from Edgar Allan Poe to the present, written by a poet with long experience in the classroom. The collection discusses writers as divergent as Walt Whitman and Ezra Pound, Hart Crane and A. R. Ammons, Gerald Stern and John Prine. It includes a separate section of essays examining the craft of translation with attention to specific works translated from ancient Greek, Italian, and modern French. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA distinguishing feature of the book is that it is informed by literary theory but independent of any particular critical modality. Barbarese writes about literature for a general audience, particularly readers with wide tastes interested in engaging with literary art. His essays are the outcome of deeply reading and internalizing work he has known, studied, and admired over the course of a long career of publishing, teaching, and public lecturing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. T. Barbarese\u003c\/b\u003e, professor emeritus of English at Rutgers University, is the author of six books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eSweet Spot \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTrue Does Nothing.\u003c\/i\u003e His recent translations include \u003ci\u003eAfter Prévert: Poems from \"Paroles,\"\u003c\/i\u003e and his work has appeared in publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAtlantic, The New Yorker, Poetry \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984078045485,"sku":"9780807185087","price":35.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/koJyPXaSQb9780807185087.webp?v=1776081791","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/inventions-on-the-brink-essays-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}