{"product_id":"void-of-course-9780140589092","title":"Void of Course","description":"In 1973, at the age of twenty-three, \u003cb\u003eJim Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e burst upon the poetry scene with his first collection, \u003cb\u003eLiving at the Movies\u003c\/b\u003e, a book of vivid and inventive verse that won him comparisons to everyone from \u003cb\u003eArthur Rimbaud\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eFrank O'Hara\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003eCarroll's first new book of poetry in more than a decade, \u003cb\u003eVoid of Course\u003c\/b\u003e presents work composed over the last two years. His major themes--love, friendship, desire, time and memory, and, above all, the ever-present city--emerge in an atmosphere where dream and reality mingle on equal terms. These seventy-seven poems range from graphic, sensuous shorter pieces to edgy stream-of-consciousness prose poems to longer, more contemplative works such as \"While She's Gone,\" an eerie tour de force of longing over a departed lover. \u003cb\u003eVoid of Course\u003c\/b\u003e establishes that Carroll's power and purity of vision are stronger than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Carroll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.52w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140589092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/28\/1998 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/1998 pg. 389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Carroll's bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Basketball Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e was first released in 1978 and adapted as a film in 1995. Carroll's work includes several collections of poetry as well as a asecond memoir, \u003ci\u003eForces Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973\u003c\/i\u003e. As the leader of The Jim Carroll Band he released three albums as well as several spoken word recordings. He died in New York City on September 11, 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43331410231411,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e5c7df0f-a9bf-43b6-9ffc-fef506a1dd46.jpg?v=1754655676","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/void-of-course-9780140589092","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}