{"product_id":"the-simple-truth-poems-pulitzer-prize-winner-paperback","title":"The Simple Truth: Poems (Pulitzer Prize Winner) - 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\u003ePhilip Levine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein a voice that moves between elegy and prayer, \u003ci\u003eThe Simple Truth \u003c\/i\u003econtains thirty-three poems whose aim is to weave a complex tapestry of myth, history (both public and private), family, memory, and invention in a search for truths so basic and universal they often escape us all.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for 1995, Philip Levine goes from strength to strength, having received the National Book Ward for Poetry for his earlier book What Work Is. This is the first paperback edition of this text, about which Harold Bloom said, \"The controlled pathos of every poem in the volume is immense, and gives me a new sense of Levine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Levine was born in 1928 in Detroit and was formally educated there, in the public schools and at Wayne University (now Wayne State University). After a succession of industrial jobs, he left the city for good and lived in various parts of the country before settling in Fresno, California, where he taught at the state university until his retirement. For twelve autumns he served as poet in residence at New York University. He has received many awards for his books of poems, including the National Book Award in 1991 for \u003ci\u003eWhat Work Is\u003c\/i\u003e and the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for \u003ci\u003eThe Simple Truth. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2011 he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States. He divides his time between Fresno, California, and Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (1995)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44720936091750,"sku":"9780679765844","price":31.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/lZcQwmxXZP9780679765844.webp?v=1771030247","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-simple-truth-poems-pulitzer-prize-winner-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}