{"product_id":"9781555975333","title":"Stupid Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final collection by the late Jason Shinder, \"one of the finest of our new poets\" (Gerald Stern)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI close my eyes and try to remember\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhen I was unopposed, when I started to die,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebuoyant, fragrant, shuddering with love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e —from \"Before\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason Shinder's last poems are his moving testimonies to poetry, love, and friendship. With power, clarity, and disarming humor, the poems confront grief and mortality with a humility and fortitude that come only \"with hope, stupid hope.\" \u003ci\u003eStupid Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is Shinder's wry, penetrating, and wise farewell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055668609264,"sku":"9781555975333","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555975333_p0.jpg?v=1763753587","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555975333","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}