{"product_id":"9781571314451","title":"The City, Our City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA William Carlos William Award Finalist for 2012\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star \u003c\/i\u003eTop Book of 2012\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Top Winter Poetry Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA series of semi-mythologized, symbolic narratives interspersed with dramatic monologues, the poems collected in \u003ci\u003eThe City, Our City\u003c\/i\u003e showcase the voice of a young poet striking out, dramatically, emphatically, to stake his claim on “the City.” It is an unnamed, crowded place where the human questions and observations found in almost any city—past, present, and future—ring out with urgency. These poems—in turn elegiac, celebratory, haunting, grave, and joyful—give hum to our modern experience, to those caught up in the City’s immensity, and announce the arrival of a major new contemporary poet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060636172528,"sku":"9781571314451","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571314451_p0.jpg?v=1763779335","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571314451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}