{"product_id":"essays-after-eighty-paperback","title":"Essays After Eighty - 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\u003eDonald Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe former US Poet Laureate contemplates life, death, and the view from his window in these \"alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny\" essays (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis entire life, Donald Hall dedicated himself to the written word, putting together a storied career as a poet, essayist, and memoirist. Here, in the \"unknown, unanticipated galaxy\" of very old age, his essays startle, move, and delight. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEssays After Eighty, \u003c\/em\u003e Hall ruminates on his past: \"thirty was terrifying, forty I never noticed because I was drunk, fifty was best with a total change of life, sixty extended the bliss of fifty . . .\" He also addresses his present: \"When I turned eighty and rubbed testosterone on my chest, my beard roared like a lion and gained four inches.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost memorably, Hall writes about his enduring love affair with his ancestral Eagle Pond Farm and with the writing life that sustains him every day: \"Yesterday my first nap was at 9:30 a.m., but when I awoke I wrote again.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alluring, inspirational hominess . . . \u003cem\u003eEssays After Eighty\u003c\/em\u003e is a treasure . . . balancing frankness about losses with humor and gratitude.\"--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fine book of remembering all sorts of things past, \u003cem\u003eEssays After Eighty\u003c\/em\u003e is to be treasured.\"--\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Deliciously readable . . . Donald Hall, if abandoned by the muse of poetry, has wrought his prose to a keen autumnal edge. \u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e His entire life, Donald Hall has dedicated himself to the written word, putting together a storied career as a poet, essayist, and memoirist. Now, in the unknown, unanticipated galaxy of very old age, he is writing essays that startle, move, and delight. In \u003ci\u003eEssays After Eighty, \u003c\/i\u003eHall ruminates on his past: thirty was terrifying, forty I never noticed because I was drunk, fifty was best with a total change of life, sixty extended the bliss of fifty . . . He also addresses his present: When I turned eighty and rubbed testosterone on my chest, my beard roared like a lion and gained four inches. Most memorably, Hall writes about his enduring love affair with his ancestral Eagle Pond Farm and with the writing life that sustains him every day: Yesterday my first nap was at 9:30 a.m., but when I awoke I wrote again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alluring, inspirational hominess . . . \u003ci\u003eEssays After Eighty\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure . . . balancing frankness about losses with humor and gratitude. \u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A fine book of remembering all sorts of things past, \u003ci\u003eEssays After Eighty \u003c\/i\u003eis to be treasured. \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DONALD HALL, who served as poet laureate of the United States from 2006 to 2007, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDONALD HALL, who served as poet laureate of the United States from 2006 to 2007, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of the National Medal of the Arts, awarded by the president.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53055906480352,"sku":"9780544570313","price":21.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/qjBeo47qJ39780544570313.webp?v=1781348120","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/essays-after-eighty-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}