{"product_id":"9781619321359","title":"Update","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"O'Driscoll is a quietly exciting, subtly intelligent poet.\"—\u003ci\u003ePoetry London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"O'Driscoll's crisp, unobtrusively musical precision gets to the heart of so many subjects, large and small.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"O'Driscoll is a real poet: his lines stay with you, and crop up unbidden in your mind as you go about your day.\"—\u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpdate\u003c\/i\u003e, the final collection of work by the late Dennis O'Driscoll, weaves a memoir of his past into the state of the world today. The poems embark on a vivid journey through consumerism, our environment, and our fragile existence. \u003ci\u003eUpdate\u003c\/i\u003e is O'Driscoll's parting gift, granting a shimmering glimpse of what it truly means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTicking the Boxes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTick the relevant boxes\u003cbr\u003ein this census form tonight\u003cbr\u003eif you are still in the land\u003cbr\u003eof the living at that time.\u003cbr\u003eYou must remain\u003cbr\u003ein suspense until then.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou have all morning still.\u003cbr\u003eYou have all afternoon long.\u003cbr\u003eOne continuous hour.\u003cbr\u003eA whole six minutes.\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-eight precious seconds left.\u003cbr\u003eThree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo.\u003cbr\u003eOne.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn which to lose your job.\u003cbr\u003eYour citizenship.\u003cbr\u003eYour house.\u003cbr\u003eYour spouse.\u003cbr\u003eYour child.\u003cbr\u003eYour mind.\u003cbr\u003eYour sight.\u003cbr\u003eYour faith.\u003cbr\u003eYour life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCount on absolutely nothing yet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis O'Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e (1954–2012), editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, was the author of ten collections of poetry as well as book of interviews with Seamus Heaney, \u003ci\u003eStepping Stones\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003ePoetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e called O'Driscoll \"one of the best-read men in the Western world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151748907248,"sku":"9781619321359","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619321359_p0.jpg?v=1763854400","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619321359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}