{"product_id":"the-world-shared","title":"The World Shared","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eThree Rooks\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(the head and two linesmen)\u003cbr\u003e took over the top of the unfinished\u003cbr\u003e building and said:\u003cbr\u003e the plastic falls in sheets\u003cbr\u003e from the back of that animal at the bottom,\u003cbr\u003e the wind tosses them like the ears of a spaniel on the run\u003cbr\u003e and we see the ribs;\u003cbr\u003e let the world not play dumb!\u003cbr\u003e Everyone has a skeleton inside him,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand the snow is a clot,\u003cbr\u003e not powdered sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe World Shared\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Reading Dariusz Sośnicki’s poems, Americans may recognize John Ashbery’s quick jump-cuts and the moral seriousness of Jorie Graham, mixed with the quirky anger and humor of, perhaps, Bill Knott, but the results sound totally fresh …This poetry harbors venomous sarcasm, even cynicism, but it works, like a sand blaster on old paint, in the service of new beauty, as though the self, roiling in history, purging its dark energies, could at last speak the truth.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Craig Morgan Teicher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“What is truly wonderful… is that these poems nonetheless steadily engage us with their surprises, their quickness, their mysteries, and, often, captivate us with their invention.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Stephen Yenser\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“This first American book from the prolific and celebrated Polish poet and critic not only survives translation; its urbane, articulate, unpredictable free verse positively flourishes in the American English that the facing-page edition provides ... the poetry introduced here has come to stay.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Shared\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e] is destined to become an international classic ... Sosnicki is a fearless and tenacious intellectual whose poetry exhibits flashes of brilliance that illuminate our most obscure and often unacknowledged fears about contemporary life.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Sosnicki has loads of talent, and this volume offers North American readers entry into his necessary poetry ... Sosnicki reaches out to each of us, tries to wipe the anonymity off our faces, and to recover, if not rescue us, as an archeologist recovers a mud-smeared amulet from a deep stratum.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntropy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eDariusz Sośnicki is a poet, essayist, and editor. In 1994, he published the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eMarlewo\u003c\/em\u003e, which received Czas Kultury’s Best First Book Award. Sośnicki’s poems and literary essays have been published in many magazines and anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, in both Polish and in translation. From 2005-2013 Sośnicki worked at W.A.B. Publishing House as editor of Polish contemporary fiction. He currently lives in Poznań, Poland.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translators\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003ePiotr Florczyk is a poet, essayist, and translator from his native Polish. He is editor and translator of \u003cem\u003eFroth: Poems\u003c\/em\u003e by Jaroslaw Mikolajewski (Calypso Editions, 2013), \u003cem\u003eThe Folding Star and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e by Jacek Gutorow (BOA Editions, 2012), \u003cem\u003eBuilding the Barricade and Other Poems of Anna Swir\u003c\/em\u003e (Calypso Editions, 2011), and \u003cem\u003eBeen and Gone: Poems\u003c\/em\u003e of Julian Kornhauser (Marick Press, 2009). He teaches at the University of San Diego and at San Diego State University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e Boris Dralyuk holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UCLA. He is the translator of Leo Tolstoy's \u003cem\u003eHow Much Land Does a Man Need \u003c\/em\u003e(Calypso Editions, 2010), \u003cem\u003eA Slap in the Face: Four Russian Furturist Manifestos \u003c\/em\u003e(Insert Blanc Press, 2013), and Anton Chekhov's \u003cem\u003eLittle Trilogu \u003c\/em\u003e(forthcoming from Calypso Editions, 2014), and co-translator of Polina Barskova's \u003cem\u003eThe Zoe in Winter: Selected Poems \u003c\/em\u003e(Melville House, 2011). He is also the co-editor, with Robert Chandler and Irina Mashinski, of the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eAnthology of Russsian Poetry from Puskin to Brodsky\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin Classics, 2015). He received First Prize in the 2011 Compass Translation Award competition, and, with Irina Mashinski, First Prize in the 2012 Joseph Brodsky\/Stephen Spender Translation Prize competition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublication Date: June 10, 2014\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cstrong\u003e978-1-938160-34-9\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8420305093,"sku":"9781938160349","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/theworldshared_bookstore_3.jpeg?v=1527683619","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/the-world-shared","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}