{"product_id":"essential-whitman","title":"Essential Whitman","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by Galway Kinnell: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems of Walt Whitman meant little to me when I read them in high school and college. Luckily, when I was teaching at the University of Grenoble in my late twenties, I was required to give a course on Whitman. My experience of Leaves of Grass then was intense. . . . Soon I understood that poetry could be transcendent, hymn-like, a cosmic song, and yet remain idolatrously attached to the creatures and things of our world. . . . Once again, as when I first began writing, it seemed it might be possible to say everything in poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836086399181,"sku":"9780060887926","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_519babe7-9c48-4263-9ea0-e0df1e8fcd95.jpg?v=1790992719","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/essential-whitman","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}