{"product_id":"9781324074809","title":"Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e“Mesmerizing, magical, deeply moving.” —Elif Shafak Expanding on the popular podcast of the same name from On Being Studios, \u003cem\u003ePoetry Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e offers immersive reflections on fifty powerful poems.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama’s appealing, unhurried reflections. With keen insight and warm personal anecdotes, Ó Tuama considers each poem’s artistry and explores how its meaning can reach into our own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing mainly on poets writing today, Ó Tuama engages with a diverse array of voices that includes Ada Limón, Ilya Kaminsky, Margaret Atwood, Ocean Vuong, Layli Long Soldier, and Reginald Dwayne Betts. Natasha Trethewey meditates on miscegenation and Mississippi; Raymond Antrobus makes poetry out of the questions shot at him by an immigration officer; Martín Espada mourns his father; Marie Howe remembers and blesses her mother’s body; Aimee Nezhukumatathil offers comfort to her child-self. Through these wide-ranging poems, Ó Tuama guides us on an inspiring journey to reckon with self-acceptance, history, independence, parenthood, identity, joy, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has wanted to try their hand at a conversation with poetry but doesn’t know where to start, \u003cem\u003ePoetry Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e presents a window through which to celebrate the art of being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917930021104,"sku":"9781324074809","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781324074809_p0.jpg?v=1763707475","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781324074809","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}