{"product_id":"9780804168755","title":"Plundered Hearts: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt last, a definitive selection of the elegant work by a poet at the forefront of American poetry for more than three decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his first several books, J. D. McClatchy established himself as a poet of urbanity, intellect, and prismatic emotion, in the tradition of James Merrill, W. H. Auden, and Elizabeth Bishop––one who balances an exploration of the underworld of desire with a mastery of poetic form, and whose artistry reveals the riches and ruins of our “plundered hearts.” Now, opening with exquisite new poems––including the stunning “My Hand Collection,” a catalogue of art objects that steals up on the complexity of human touch, and a witty and profound poem entitled “My Robotic Prostatectomy”––this selection is a glorious full tour of McClatchy’s career. It includes excerpts from the powerful book-length sequence \u003ci\u003eTen Commandments\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and his more recent works \u003ci\u003eHazmat\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and \u003ci\u003eMercury Dressing\u003c\/i\u003e (2009)—books that explored the body’s melodrama, as well as the heart’s treacheries, grievances, and boundless capacities. All of his poems present a sumptuous weave of impassioned thought and clear-sighted feeling. He has been rightly hailed as a poet of “ferocious alertness,” one who elicits (says \u003ci\u003eThe New\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeader\u003c\/i\u003e) “the kind of wonder and joy we experience when the curtain comes down on a dazzling performance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021194019056,"sku":"9780804168755","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780804168755_p0.jpg?v=1769907371","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780804168755","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}