{"product_id":"surrounded-by-friends-paperback","title":"Surrounded by Friends - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Rohrer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rohrer's frequently beautiful, brief poems are rooted in specific images that initially seem unrelated--but which ultimately form a unity as meditations on how the ordinary distractions of everyday life can be seen as the source for almost everything important in life.\"--Ken Tucker, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Matthew Rohrer's seventh poetry collection are generated by, and embrace, friendships with the living, the dead, and the inanimate. Friends, family, and the urban peoplescape are gathered together in these poems, with more and more poetic voices joining in, and ending with poems written \"in collaboration\" with Kobayashi Issa, Yosa Buson, Matsuo Basho, and Hafiz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LONELIER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is absolutely nothing lonelier\u003cbr\u003ethan the little Mars rover\u003cbr\u003enever shutting down, digging up\u003cbr\u003erocks, so far away from Bond Street\u003cbr\u003ein a light rain. I wonder\u003cbr\u003eif he makes little beeps? If so\u003cbr\u003ehe is lonelier still. He fires a laser\u003cbr\u003einto the dust. He coughs. A shiny\u003cbr\u003ething in the sand turns out to be his.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Rohrer\u003c\/b\u003e has received the Hopwood Award for poetry, a Pushcart Prize, was selected as a National Poetry Series winner by Mary Oliver, and was shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize. He is the co-author, with Joshua Beckman, of \u003ci\u003eNice Hat. Thanks.\u003c\/i\u003e, and the audio CD \u003ci\u003eAdventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e. He has appeared on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Next Big Thing\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at NYU.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Rohrer is the author of \u003ci\u003eDestroyer and Preserver\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2011), \u003ci\u003eA Plate of Chicken\u003c\/i\u003e (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009), \u003ci\u003eRise Up\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eA Green Light\u003c\/i\u003e (Verse Press, 2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSatellite\u003c\/i\u003e (Verse Press, 2001), and co-author, with Joshua Beckman, of \u003ci\u003eNice Hat. Thanks.\u003c\/i\u003e (Verse Press, 2002), and the audio CD \u003ci\u003eAdventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e. He has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered and The Next Big Thing. His first book, \u003ci\u003eA Hummock in the Malookas\u003c\/i\u003e was selected for the National Poetry Series by Mary Oliver in 1994. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at NYU.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151918698631,"sku":"9781940696034","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/139f50a29e21140cc742608d578bdbbe.webp?v=1733210213","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/surrounded-by-friends-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}