{"product_id":"9781555975029","title":"Letters to a Stranger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe searing collection, a cult favorite for decades, by the late Thomas James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI will last forever. I am not impatient—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy skin will wait to greet its old complexions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI'll lie here till the world swims back again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —from \"Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas James's \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e—originally published in 1973, shortly before James's suicide—has become one of the underground classics of contemporary poetry. In this new edition, with an introduction by Lucie Brock-Broido and four of James's poems never before published in book form, this fraught and moving masterpiece is at last available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters to a Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e is a new book in the Graywolf Poetry Re\/View Series, edited by Mark Doty, dedicated to bringing essential books of contemporary American poetry back into print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060302168304,"sku":"9781555975029","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555975029_p0.jpg?v=1763755258","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555975029","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}