{"product_id":"9781555976576","title":"Swoop: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e ludicrous swoon, \u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e blind hind-sight,\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e torching of bridges and blood boiled white,\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e sparrow, and arrow, and hell below,\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e, she says, because she loves to say \u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e —from \"\u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e, She Says\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwoop\u003c\/i\u003e is a sonically audacious first book, a ringing up and down the musical scales. Hailey Leithauser's resplendent array of forms—from traditional verse to more fragmented, onrushing experiments—takes the reader to the heights of lyricism. In these poems, sharp objects speak for themselves, sex is taken up alfresco (among other things), an enigmatic question is posed from \u003ci\u003eTo Have and Have Not\u003c\/i\u003e, and the song of a mockingbird drives us out of bed. A paean to excess, \u003ci\u003eSwoop\u003c\/i\u003e is a virtuosic and exhilarating debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055519842544,"sku":"9781555976576","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555976576_p0.jpg?v=1763754463","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555976576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}