{"product_id":"the-life-and-rhymes-of-ogden-nash-hardcover","title":"The Life and Rhymes of Ogden Nash - Hardcover","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\u003eDavid Stuart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOgden Nash was a rare poet. He celebrated the ordinary with delight and curiosity: husbands and wives at work, children at play, a society in motion. He studied popular culture with a penetrating eye and wrote about America, its icons, habits, and affectations with humor and levity. He struggled with comparisons to \"serious\" poets, those heroes of the canon who abandoned the rhyme and meter that Nash found crucial to his style of writing. His witty, insightful, and graceful vignettes captured those moments in life that defy heavy-handed treatment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNash did not live out the stereotype of the aloof poet-recluse. In addition to his writing, Nash pursued publishing, screenwriting, and a rigorous lecture circuit. This self-styled poet of wide appeal appeared in newspapers and magazines found in homes across the country, accessible publications such as Life, The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan, SportsIllustrated, Reader'sDigest, and McCall's. At a time when children's literature meant Winnie-the-Pooh, Nash produced verses for and about young people that amused, educated, and more important, didn't pander or lecture. These poems and collections, including Custard the Dragon, The New Nutcracker Suite and Other Innocent Verses, A Boy Is a Boy, and Girls Are Silly, were classics of the genre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNash left behind an invaluable body of work: charming, clever, and utterly unique.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Stuart was the pseudonym of Edwin P. Hoyt, who also wrote history books and novels under his own name. A number of literary biographies have appeared under the Stuart name, including AlanWatts and O. Henry. Edwin P. Hoyt died in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.2 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49174198321304,"sku":"9781568331270","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/hL2b2rtYjV9781568331270.webp?v=1779951758","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-life-and-rhymes-of-ogden-nash-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}