{"product_id":"north-american-stadiums-9781571315359","title":"North American Stadiums","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, \u003cem\u003eNorth American Stadiums\u003c\/em\u003e is an assured debut collection about grace--the places we search for it, and the disjunction between what we seek and where we arrive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You were supposed to find God here \/ the signs said.\" In these poems, hinterlands demand our close attention; overlooked places of industry become sites for pilgrimage; and history large and small--of a city, of a family, of a shirt--is unearthed. Here is a factory emptying for the day, a snowy road just past border patrol, a baseball game at dusk. Mile signs point us toward Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Salt Lake City, Chicago. And god is not the God expected, but the still moment amid movement: a field \"lit like the heart \/ of the night,\" black stars stitched to the yellow sweatshirts of men in a crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA map \"bleached \/ pale by time and weather,\" \u003cem\u003eNorth American Stadiums\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection at once resolutely unsentimental yet deeply tender, illuminating the historical forces that shape the places we inhabit and how those places, in turn, shape us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grady Chambers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Ritvo Poetry Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571315359","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439268892809,"sku":"9781571315359","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_05cb156a-9914-438c-821e-340945718200.jpg?v=1716270937","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/north-american-stadiums-9781571315359","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}