{"product_id":"alcestis-in-the-underworld-poems-9781939530073","title":"Alcestis in the Underworld: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Greek myth, Alcestis descends to the underworld in place of her husband, a king, so that he may continue to rule the living. After she returns, she and her family live--presumably­--happily ever after. But she has seen and learned things no one else knows. \u003cem\u003eAlcestis in the Underworld\u003c\/em\u003e articulates a poet's personal experience of civic duty: her life in Moscow as a U.S. diplomat, after growing up in then-USSR Ukraine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Nina Murray's \u003cem\u003eMinimize Considered\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These poems--this poet--bear the unmistakable stamp of the real thing.\" -- Roy Scheele, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sledders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Far Allegiance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reading Nina Murray's work is, in some ineffable way, like turning the pages of your own life. It leaves you in greater harmony with the world and more deeply in touch with its infinite possibilities.... Beautiful writing, a singular book of poems, rendered in precise, crisp language yet, marvellously, managing to produce a powerful visceral, vivid, heart-bound, near-inarticulable impression.\" -- Mikhail Iossel, author of \u003cem\u003eEvery Hunter Wants to Know\u003c\/em\u003e and contributing writer \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Circling Rivers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939530073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d","brand":"Nina Murray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671408144540,"sku":"9781939530073","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8aa61c6a-9906-452b-967f-5b52249e17dd.jpg?v=1603925310","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/alcestis-in-the-underworld-poems-9781939530073","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}