{"product_id":"senior-moments-pod-paperback","title":"Senior Moments [Pod] - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWillard Spiegelman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than six decades' worth of lessons from his storied career as a writer and professor, Willard Spiegelman reflects with candid humor and sophistication on growing old. \u003ci\u003eSenior Moments\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of discrete essays that, when taken together, constitute the life of a man who, despite Western cultural notions of aging as something to be denied, overcome, and resisted, has continued to relish the simplest of pleasures: reading, looking at art, talking, and indulging in occasional fits of nostalgia while also welcoming what inevitably lies ahead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSenior Moments \u003c\/i\u003eis a foray into the felicity and follies that age brings; a consideration of how and what one reads or rereads in late adulthood; the eagerness for, and disappointment in, long-awaited reunions, at which the past comes alive in the present. It is guaranteed to stimulate, stir, and restore.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillard Spiegelman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Hughes Professor of English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. From 1984 until 2016, he was also the editor in chief of\u003ci\u003e Southwest Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written many books and essays about English and American poetry. For more than a quarter century he has been a regular contributor to the Leisure \u0026amp; Arts pages of \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42124635373703,"sku":"9781250141187","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/356ebfc90ee50460e5054a76dcf852d9.webp?v=1732571626","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/senior-moments-pod-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}