{"product_id":"2940169686999","title":"North American Stadiums","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Stadiums\u003c\/i\u003e is an assured debut collection about grace amp;mdash; the places we search for it, and the disjunction between what we seek and where we arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿You were supposed to find God here\/the signs said.¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these poems, hinterlands demand our close attention; overlooked places of industry become sites for pilgrimage; and history large and small amp;mdash; of a city, of a family, of a shirt amp;mdash; is unearthed. Here is a factory emptying for the day, a snowy road just past border patrol, a baseball game at dusk. Mile signs point us toward Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Salt Lake City, Chicago. And god is not the God expected, but the still moment amid movement: a field ¿lit like the heart \/ of the night¿, black stars stitched to the yellow sweatshirts of men in a crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA map ¿bleached \/ pale by time and weather¿, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Stadiums\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection at once resolutely unsentimental yet deeply tender, illuminating the historical forces that shape the places we inhabit and how those places, in turn, shape us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harlequin Love Inspired","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104753467632,"sku":"2940169686999","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169686999_p0.jpg?v=1763690670","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169686999","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}