{"product_id":"so-where-are-we-poems-9780374537715","title":"So Where Are We?: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"So where are we?\" asks Lawrence Joseph in the title poem of his powerful and moving sixth book of poetry. Beginning where his acclaimed collection\u003ci\u003e Into It \u003c\/i\u003eleft off, amid the worldwide violence unleashed by the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Joseph's poems--global and historic in scope--boldly encounter the imaginative challenges of our time: issues of political economy, labor and capital, racism and war, and \"the point at which \/ violence becomes ontology, \/ these endless ambitious experiments in destruction, \/ a species grief.\" Against these realities, Joseph presents an intimate, sensuous language of beauty and love, \"a separate \/ palette kept for each poem,\" a constant shifting and fluid play of sound and tone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith incisive intensity, intelligence, emotional force, and fierce, uncompromising vision, Joseph speaks from deep within the truths of poetry's common language. \u003ci\u003eSo Where Are We?\u003c\/i\u003e is extraordinary new work from one of our most distinctive poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Joseph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374537715","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713652560009,"sku":"9780374537715","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0ca5c396-b00e-4380-bb13-fc3db899543a.jpg?v=1719618821","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/so-where-are-we-poems-9780374537715","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}