{"product_id":"beyond-belief-9780374607869","title":"Beyond Belief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, meditative new collection of poetry from John Koethe, the \"necessary and great poet\" (\u003ci\u003eHyperallergic\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's presumptuous, but if you're reading this you\u003cbr\u003eProbably know my usual obsessions and preoccupations: \u003cbr\u003eThe \"world\"--both the word and what it stands for--and time, \u003cbr\u003eWhich is or isn't real, depending on my mood. I've always\u003cbr\u003eHated poems about philosophy, and I hope I still do, \u003cbr\u003eBut since I don't know what that means anymore, here I am, \u003cbr\u003eMusing on my ends and my beginnings one more time . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belief\u003c\/i\u003e, John Koethe poses eternal and essential questions about the rhythms of time, language and literature, and \"the space between attention and belief.\" The eleventh book of poetry from America's philosopher-poet is an intimate, searching collection that gives life to the mundane and lends words to our most interior and abstract musings. What makes a life real? Words on a page, the accumulation of moments and memories, or nothing at all? And what is a life worth? Locked inside, have we lost our future and its promises or are we merely pressed to inhabit our present and ourselves? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe award-winning poet invites us into his consideration of our world, as \"An ordinary person sitting on his balcony on a summer afternoon, \/ Waiting patiently for someone to explain it to and meanwhile \/ Living quietly in his imagination, imagining the afterlife.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374607869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 0.23d","brand":"John Koethe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112002257077,"sku":"9780374607869","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_acb68059-2248-4c86-932d-81aa7c4bcb69.jpg?v=1693926560","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beyond-belief-9780374607869","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}