{"product_id":"9780393089752","title":"In Beauty Bright: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e“The work of an American master.”—\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The lyric poems of \u003cem\u003eIn Beauty Bright\u003c\/em\u003e, although marked by the same passion and swiftness as Gerald Stern’s previous work, move into an area of knowledge—even wisdom—that reflects a long life of writing, teaching, and activism. They are poems of grief and anger, but the music is delicate and moving.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e from \"In Beauty Bright\":\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eIn beauty-bright and such it was like Blake’s\u003cbr\u003e lily and though an angel he looked absurd\u003cbr\u003e dragging a lily out of a beauty-bright store\u003cbr\u003e wrapped in tissue with a petal drooping,\u003cbr\u003e nor was it useless—you who know it know\u003cbr\u003e how useful it is—and how he would be dead\u003cbr\u003e in a minute if he were to lose it though\u003cbr\u003e how do you lose a lily?\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077724717296,"sku":"9780393089752","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393089752_p0.jpg?v=1763696919","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393089752","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}