{"product_id":"9781933517506","title":"Destroyer and Preserver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Rohrer has an enchanting willingness to look outward, a willingness not to grasp the world using old means which have failed us, even if no new means present themselves ready-made.\"—Judges' citation, the 2005 International Griffin Poetry Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGriffin Poetry Prize finalist Matthew Rohrer illuminates the modern plight: trying to figure out how to be a thoughtful citizen, parent, and person as the landscape of terror and history worms its way into our everyday existence. Unnervingly humorous, casual, and tender, Rohrer's poems help us investigate our lives as he investigates his—openly and with a generous presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom \"Dull Affairs\":\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How am I to concentrate\u003cbr\u003e• n the heavy and dull\u003cbr\u003eaffairs of state\u003cbr\u003ewith the sound of a baby having a dream\u003cbr\u003ein the other room\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMatthew Rohrer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five previous books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eA Plate of Chicken\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eRise Up\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eSatellite\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eA Green Light\u003c\/i\u003e , which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is also co-author of \u003ci\u003eNice Hat. Thanks\u003c\/i\u003e . with Joshua Beckman, with whom he has participated in performances at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle. He received the Pushcart Prize and his first book, \u003ci\u003eA Hummock in the Malookas\u003c\/i\u003e , was selected for the National Poetry Series by Mary Oliver. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058216386800,"sku":"9781933517506","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933517506_p0.jpg?v=1763641139","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933517506","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}