{"product_id":"varieties-of-homage-paperback","title":"Varieties of Homage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Matthias\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a career of some fifty years, John Matthias pays homage in this book to a wide range of poetic masters, early teachers, friends, places, curiosities, fictions, and facts in a hybrid volume including several styles of verse and two essays. Ian Pople in \u003ci\u003eManchester Review\u003c\/i\u003e has called Matthias \"a kind of mid-Atlantic treasure,\" and Guy Davenport declared him \"one of the best poets in the USA.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatthias, an editor and teacher, as well as a prolific poet, has written some forty books of poetry, translation, scholarship, and fiction. His most recent volume is a book-length version of his memoir, \"Living with a Visionary,\" which was widely read when it appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. That account of his late wife Diana's struggle with Parkinson's finds a companion here in \"Hacheston Halt,\" about the poet's early visit to Diana's house in Suffolk.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170534068359,"sku":"9780999705810","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/169cfd04d53f7a6bcb1d0d471699ee12.webp?v=1733348936","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/varieties-of-homage-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}