{"product_id":"9781466880078","title":"The Tether","description":"\u003cp\u003eGraceful and resonant new work by a lyric poet at the height of his skill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like something broken of wing,\u003cbr\u003elying there.\u003cbr\u003eOther than breathing's \u003ci\u003erise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ecatch\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003erelease\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cbr\u003ea silence, as of some especially wounded\u003cbr\u003eanimal that, nevertheless, still\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis conscious,\u003cbr\u003eyou can see\u003cbr\u003estraight through the open\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeye to where instinct falters because\u003cbr\u003efor once it has come\u003cbr\u003edivided\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  --from \"Chamber Music\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the art of falconry, during training the tether between the gloved fist and the raptor's anklets is gradually lengthened and eventually unnecessary. In these new lyric poems, Carl Phillips considers the substance of connection -- between lover and beloved, mind and body, talon and perch -- and its the cable of mutual trust between soaring figure and shadowed ground. Contemporary literature can perhaps claim no poetry more clearly allegorical than that of Carl Phillips, whose four collections have turned frequently to nature, myth, and history for illustration; still, readers know the primary attributes of his work to be its physicality, grace, and disarming honesty about desire and faith. In \u003ci\u003eThe Tether,\u003c\/i\u003e his fifth book, Phillips's characteristically cascading poetic line is leaner and more dramatic than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172300407024,"sku":"9781466880078","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466880078_p0.jpg?v=1769892201","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466880078","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}