{"product_id":"banquet","title":"Banquet","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Theater such as Kenneth Koch cannot be simply paraphrased, and presents to the audience the classic Mennipean challenge: to ponder, to mull it over, to \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—Mac Wellman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Banquet\u003c\/i\u003e brings together 144 plays, ten screenplays, and five operas spanning more than five decades of experimental work from a writer John Ashbery has called \"simply the best we have.\" Witty, provocative, and playful, Kenneth Koch''s work draws on poetry, musicals, improvisational comedy, satire, and other forms for their inspiration and touches on subjects ranging from the silly to the sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth Koch\u003c\/b\u003e (1925–2002), known for his association with the New York School of poetry, wrote many collections of poetry, fiction, plays, and nonfiction. His books include \u003ci\u003eSeasons on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThank You and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Thousand Avant-Garde Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHotel Lambosa\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and several books on teaching children how to write poetry. Koch was awarded numerous honors, including the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, awarded by the Library of Congress in 1996, as well as awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and Ingram-Merrill foundations. In 1996 he was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Kenneth Koch lived in New York City, where he was professor of English at Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317303288190,"sku":"NW9781566893282","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781566893282.jpg?v=1778721590","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/banquet","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}