{"product_id":"9781951213688","title":"Story of a Poem: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A document of not only how to make a poem, but how to live in a world where language often fails us.” —Ada Limón, U.S. Poet Laureate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Zapruder had an idea: to write a poem as slowly and intentionally as possible, to preserve its drafts, and record the painstaking, elusively transcendent stuff of its construction. It would be the end cap to a new collection of poetry, and a means to process modern American life in a time of political turmoil, mega fires, and sobriety. What Zapruder didn’t anticipate was that this literary project would reveal a deeply personal aspect as well: a way to resolve the unexplored pain and unexpected joys he was confronting in the wake of his son’s diagnosis with autism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a remarkable piece of writing, one that explores not just what it means to be a poet and father, but also what it means to be alive on this planet during this turbulent and extraordinary time.  By comparing the writing of a poem with his own tangled evolution as a son, husband and father, Zapruder unfolds moments of his own life in the reflection of an increasingly uncanny world. With a wide range of reference points— from Celan, Li Bai and Frank O’Hara to Whitman, Merwin and Rupi Kaur—we join Zapruder on a poet’s journey; that in some alchemy of literature, becomes a journey of our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, the poet asks us to join with him in the search for a crucial answer. In his words: “What world can we imagine, and then make, where we all can live?”  With \u003ci\u003eStory of a Poem \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrated poet Matthew Zapruder offers a personal, deeply unguarded examination of a poet’s eternal struggle to transform a moment of feeling into verse, as well as a subtle and enthralling roadmap to the practice of poetry and finding its threads in everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStory of a Poem\u003c\/i\u003e is the luminous, lyrical meditation on wringing beauty from suffering and air, threaded with a singular, moving story about parenting an atypical child. I read it in a single gulp, and you will too.” —Mary Karr, Bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Liars' Club\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCherry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unnamed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47918062338288,"sku":"9781951213688","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781951213688_p0.jpg?v=1763799915","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781951213688","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}