{"product_id":"9781555975166","title":"Chronic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first poetry collection by D. A. Powell since his remarkable trilogy of \u003ci\u003eTea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLunch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCocktails\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eso many of the best days seem minor forms of nearness \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat easily falls among the dropseed: a rind, a left-behind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —from \"no picnic\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn these brilliant new poems from one of contemporary poetry's most intriguing, singular voices, D. A. Powell strikes out for the farther territories of love and comes back from those fields with loss, with flowers faded, \"blossom blast and dieback.\" \u003ci\u003eChronic \u003c\/i\u003edescribes the flutter and cruelty of erotic encounter, temptation, and bitter heartsickness, but with Powell's deep lyric beauty and his own brand of dark wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056675373296,"sku":"9781555975166","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555975166_p0.jpg?v=1763754413","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555975166","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}