{"product_id":"9781566892209","title":"The Steel Veil","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Marshall’s canvases, expansive as Jackson Pollock paintings, comprehend every thing from string beans to string theory.”— \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoulfully introspective and viscerally engaged, Jack Marshall’s poetry weds timely depictions of Middle Eastern widows “behind veils heavy \/ as the steel \/ veil of empire” with timeless expressions of personal grief and political outrage. Invoking visionary possibilities of being while “riding unsteadily on the rails \/ of rhyme,” Marshall’s distinctive voice and elegant lyrics unite this muscled, multilayered collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1936 to Jewish parents who emigrated from Iraq and Syria, \u003cb\u003eJack Marshall \u003c\/b\u003e grew up in New York and now lives in California. He is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eFrom Baghdad to Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e and several award-winning poetry collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048216019184,"sku":"9781566892209","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566892209_p0.jpg?v=1763790211","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566892209","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}