{"product_id":"the-makings-of-happiness-paperback-1","title":"The Makings of Happiness - 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\u003eRonald Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWallace's poems cover the range of human experience: music, religion, sex, art, childhood, adolescence, nuclear war, illness, and death. But it's in his wit and good humor, against undercurrents of sorrow and grief that best characterize his poetry: part Emily Dickinson, and part Harpo Marx; part Woody Allen, and part Robert Frost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books of poetry, including: \u003ci\u003eLong for This World: New and Selected Poems; The Uses of Adversity; Time's Fancy; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePeople and Dog in the Sun.\u003c\/i\u003e His works of literary criticism include: \u003ci\u003eGod Be with the Clown: Humor in American Poetry; The Last Laugh: Form and Affirmation in the Contemporary American Comic Novel;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHenry James and the Comic Form.\u003c\/i\u003e Wallace is Halls-Bascom Professor of English, Felix Pollak Professor of Poetry, and codirector of the creative writing program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\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 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48363641045213,"sku":"9780822954484","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/zF2sj2v0i_9780822954484_399e38b3-7a1b-4acd-b997-720d62a4897a.webp?v=1786554163","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-makings-of-happiness-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}