{"product_id":"just-the-thing-selected-letters-of-james-schuyler-1951-1991-revised-anniversary-edition-paperback","title":"Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991, Revised Anniversary Edition - 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\u003eJames Schuyler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Corbett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis fully updated edition of James Schuyler's letters to three dozen intimates, published on the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth, offers unparalleled insights into the lives, friendships, and sensibilities that sprang from the influential New York School.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Schuyler's effervescent takes on people, nature, art, writing, and love are on joyous display in his letters to John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, Barbara Guest, Alex Katz, Joe Brainard, Kenneth Koch, and many more. They paint an indelible picture of a charmingly self-deprecating gentleman with an expansive intellect and a deliciously wicked tongue. \"Jimmy wrote letters for the most civilized of reasons,\" a friend of his once said, \"to inform and to entertain.\"\u003cbr\u003eAnd that they do, in inimitable style. Peppering his aperçus with the occasional \"tout de sweetie\" and \"pet noire,\" the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Morning of the Poem\u003c\/i\u003e holds forth on everything from Dante and Delacroix to travel and gardening to the delicate workings of his own poems and those of others. While his tone ranges from the lightly graceful to the racily profane, each letter is exquisitely tuned to its recipient. Schuyler's voice changes over the years and through periods of elation and struggle, including stays with friends and in psychiatric wards. Reading these letters, one becomes intimately connected to the man and to his words, which have only grown more savory and valuable with time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Schuyler (1923-1991)\u003c\/b\u003e was the recipient of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for \u003ci\u003eThe Morning of the Poem\u003c\/i\u003e. He belonged to the first generation of New York School poets, along with Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, and Barbara Guest. He also wrote art criticism and three novels, including one with John Ashbery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Corbett (1942-2018)\u003c\/b\u003e was a poet, essayist, educator, and editor who lived in Boston's South End and, later, in Brooklyn. He taught at Harvard, MIT, and NYU, and was the publisher of Pressed Wafer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53460849131827,"sku":"9781885983817","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/just-the-thing-selected-letters-of-james-schuyler-1951-1991-revised-anniversary-edition-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}