{"product_id":"9781555975838","title":"Army Cats","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOver by the cemetery next to the CP \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eyou could see them in wild catmint going crazy: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI watched them roll and wriggle, paw it, lick it, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003echew it, leap about, pink tongues stuck out, drooling. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e—from \"Army Cats\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Sleigh's poetry swerves dramatically from the ordinary moment to the onrush of emergency or to the elusive past or to the unexpectedly comic. In \u003ci\u003eArmy Cats\u003c\/i\u003e, Sleigh confronts the more feral aspects of war, journalism, art, and selfhood. Many of these poems are seen as if through the haze after the detonation of a roadside bomb, or while the smoke hasn't yet cleared from history in the making. One poem describes the fallout after a wedding is interrupted by an explosive; still another attempts to re-create the execution of Saddam Hussein as distorted by a cell-phone video recording found on YouTube. This is brilliant new work by one of America's finest and most relevant poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040285835504,"sku":"9781555975838","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555975838_p0.jpg?v=1763756038","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555975838","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}