{"product_id":"crossing-the-equator-new-and-selected-poems-1972-2004-9780156031400","title":"Crossing the Equator: New and Selected Poems 1972-2004","description":"Nicholas Christopher has been praised as one of America's most important poets by such literary talents as John Ashbery, Charles Simic, James Merrill, and Anthony Hecht. Crossing the Equator collects Christopher's best work from the past three decades and includes a section of new poems that are among his finest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCold missiles and a rain \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eof embers accompany the men \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewho slide like shadows into the city \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efaces mud-smeared \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003estones for teeth no eyes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewho slit the throats of everyone \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethey encounter until breaking down \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003emy door they drag me into the darkness \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethat floods the corridor \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eand lock me in an icy chamber \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--from THE LAST HOURS OF LA DIK , SISTER OF HEKTOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Christopher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.35w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156031400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher, Nicholas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER is the author of seven volumes of poetry, five novels, and a cultural history of film noir. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker, Esquire, the Nation, the New Republic, the Paris Review, and other notable magazines. A professor in the School of the Arts at Columbia University, he lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40377888604275,"sku":"9.78016E+12","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7ccafdc0-a115-4b78-98cc-34c33a264e29.jpg?v=1661261610","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/crossing-the-equator-new-and-selected-poems-1972-2004-9780156031400","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}