{"product_id":"9781933517339","title":"State of the Union: Fifty Political Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom rough optimism to sharp criticism, fifty American poets present new work dissecting the current political climate in America. Wide-ranging writers bring their bold voices to this collection, including Eileen Myles, Matthew Rohrer, Rebecca Wolff, Terrance Hayes, Joe Wenderoth, and Tao Lin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Walking by Hope Street”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLook at the landscape,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA lot of damage, no?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBut we are here together,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnd of needing me, here\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe world needs me,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWe are too alone.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnd what of our orange daylight,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGrowing darker as the lamplit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrees grow dark. There\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIs not enough to say.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBut our hands, our gentle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrozen hands sift through\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThings like numbers out of breath.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIt will all be okay, I promise.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePromise who? Promise the faded land.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e—Noelle Kocot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Literary Agency”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCoretta Scott\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKing has died, the other\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eday. Dream\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eunrealized. Lost\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eand found, lost again, bathos\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emy motivation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003emy Elysian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003edream. The place\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003einside\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003euntutored, incorruptible,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewithout relation. That’s\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003esomething to hold onto,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eand uncontingency\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003edressing the wound. That’s\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003esad and just “what it is.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIt is what it is.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThat’s what I say\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewhen I can’t bear the news.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e—Rebecca Wolff\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059484311792,"sku":"9781933517339","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933517339_p0.jpg?v=1763641027","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933517339","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}