{"product_id":"9781555971489","title":"The Gods of Winter: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eDana Gioia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In his best poems, Gioia rises to the occasion of all great poetry: to immortalize our experience by submitting it to the tests of tradition and inspiration. Anyone who really wants to know the answer to the question, 'Can poetry matter?' will find that \u003ci\u003eThe Gods of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e is full of answers.\"--Thomas D'Evelyn, \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In two exquisitely wrought books . . . he has already established himself as a poet with a permanent place in the canon of American poetry.\"--Robert McPhillips, \u003ci\u003eVerse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Gods of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book, if only because it exemplifies Gioia's courageously aesthetic approach to poetry--to its language and rhythms. Fortunately for those of us who agree with him, it is also a good book. His poems are limpid, mellifluous, quotable and likely to be loved.\"--Anne Stevenson, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Wales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055910174960,"sku":"9781555971489","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555971489_p0.jpg?v=1763755207","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555971489","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}