{"product_id":"star-dust-poems-9780374530334","title":"Star Dust: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2002, Frank Bidart published a sequence of poems, \u003ci\u003eMusic Like Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e, the first chapbook ever to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. From the beginning, he had conceived this sequence as the opening movement in a larger structure--now, with \u003ci\u003eStar Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, finally complete. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this profound and unforgettable new book, the dream beyond desire (which now seems to represent human destiny) is rooted in the drive to create, a drive tormented at every stage by failure, as the temporal being fights for its survival by making an eternal life. Bidart is a poet of passionate originality, and \u003ci\u003eStar Dust\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the forms of this originality continue to deepen and change as he constantly renews his contract with the idea of truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStar Dust\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Bidart\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 05\/30\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.90w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374530334","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713220907145,"sku":"9780374530334","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_05e12c43-ff50-45f1-adb4-6ed9afb0cd71.jpg?v=1719605986","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/star-dust-poems-9780374530334","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}