{"product_id":"9781555979812","title":"Advice from the Lights: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen is sometimes Stephanie and sometimes wonders how his past and her past are their own collective memory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdvice from the Lights\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and candid exploration of  gender and identity and a series of looks at a formative past. It’s part  nostalgia, part confusion, and part an ongoing wondering: How do any of  us achieve adulthood? And why would we want to, if we had the choice?  This collection is woven from and interrupted by extraordinary  sequences, including Stephanie poems about Stephen’s female self; poems  on particular years of the poet’s early life, each with its own  memories, desires, insecurities, and pop songs; and versions of poems by  the Greek poet Callimachus, whose present-day incarnation worries (who  doesn’t?) about mortality, the favor of the gods, and the career of  Taylor Swift. The collection also includes poems on politics, location,  and parenthood. Taken all together, this is Stephen Burt’s most personal and  most accomplished collection, an essential work that asks who we are,  how we become ourselves, and why we make art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128421368048,"sku":"9781555979812","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555979812_p0.jpg?v=1763754883","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555979812","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}