{"product_id":"9781429907910","title":"Hockey Haiku: The Essential Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe greatest collection of hockey-related poetry this or any house has ever published, and a watershed moment in American letters.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHockey haiku is the most rarefied of the haiku genres, and it represents the perfect union of graceful brutality, ordered chaos, and the blood that courses through our veins...and onto the ice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHockey Haiku: The Essential Collection \u003c\/i\u003eis full of poems that embody to perfection hockey's unique harmony of beauty and violence. For example: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZamboni bumper: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't laugh---It crushed the leg of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe Little Leaguer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it turns to the questions we as a hockey society are reluctant to answer:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConflict--How can I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003epledge my allegiance to two\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003enational anthems?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158400418032,"sku":"9781429907910","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429907910_p0.jpg?v=1769900948","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429907910","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}