{"product_id":"9780976161271","title":"How to Laugh","description":"\u003cp\u003e“There really is an intelligence to these that creates a texture unlike any other; I can’t yet describe it but it has to do with variable motions and rhythms, time signatures almost, that strike me as always alert, always attentive, always capable.”—William Fuller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These poems are all inviting, and it seems to me that’s an amazingly rare quality in poems, and even this old Brit submits to the pleasure they give. . . . There’s radiance from all these poems.”—John Wilkinson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Miles Champion uses just the necessary words, and puts them in interesting places: definitely hard to film.”—Tom Raworth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Walls\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWalls\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003egive bound to a susceptible formalism\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpring\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ebends the show of things to a brain-like source\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSigns of rust\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eabandon a whistle or paint chip\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eProblems\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eare prefigured like flowers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoofs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003efrisk in the air\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBridges\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eflip an aesthetic switch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeaves\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etransfigure maples and alders\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDust\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ecomes into ear\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eExtremities\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emilling about\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMiles Champion\u003c\/b\u003e moved to New York City from London in 2002. His other books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eSore Models\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eFacture\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eEventually\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eThree Bell Zero\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zephyr Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008775110896,"sku":"9780976161271","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780976161271_p0.jpg?v=1763873020","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780976161271","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}