{"product_id":"9781934414507","title":"Remnants of Another Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"These poems move mysteriously by means of a profound inner concentration, giving expression to the deepest laws of the mind. Their linguistic 'making' is informed by vivid evidence of a serious self-making, soul-making, and heart-making. We are lucky to have these English incarnations of Nikola Madzirov.\"—Li-Young Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn 1973 in a family of Balkan Wars refugees, Nikola Madzirov's poetry has already been translated into thirty languages and published in collections and anthologies in the United States, Europe, and Asia. A regular participant in international literary festivals, he has received several international awards including an International Writing Program fellowship at the University of Iowa. \u003ci\u003eRemnants of Another Age\u003c\/i\u003e is his first full-length American collection and carries a foreword by Carolyn Forché who writes, \"Nikola Madzirov's \u003ci\u003eRemnants of Another Age\u003c\/i\u003e is aptly titled, as these poems seem to spring from elsewhere in time, reflective of a preternaturally wise and attentive sensibility. As we read these poems, they begin to inhabit us, and we are the better for having opened ourselves to them. Madzirov is a rare soul and a true poet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I SAW DREAMS\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI saw dreams that no one remembers\u003cbr\u003eand people wailing at the wrong graves.\u003cbr\u003eI saw embraces in a falling airplane\u003cbr\u003eand streets with open arteries.\u003cbr\u003eI saw volcanoes asleep longer than\u003cbr\u003ethe roots of the family tree\u003cbr\u003eand a child who's not afraid of the rain.\u003cbr\u003eOnly it was me no one saw,\u003cbr\u003eonly it was me no one saw.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044121788656,"sku":"9781934414507","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934414507_p0.jpg?v=1763656456","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934414507","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}