{"product_id":"colosseum-poems-9781555975012","title":"Colosseum: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe visceral new work by Katie Ford, whose poems \"possess the veiled brilliance of stained glass windows seen at night\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you respect the dead\u003cbr\u003eand recall where they died\u003cbr\u003eby this time tomorrow\u003cbr\u003ethere will be nowhere to walk.\u003cbr\u003e --\"Earth\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith gravity and resplendence, \u003ci\u003eColosseum\u003c\/i\u003e confronts ruin in the ancient world and in the living moment, from historical accounts and from firsthand experience. Displaced from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Katie Ford returns this powerful report attesting to the storm's ferocity and its aftershock. Ford examines other catastrophes--those biblical, obscured by time, and those that play out daily, irrefutably, in the media. \u003ci\u003eColosseum\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential, moving book in its insistence that our fates are intertwined and that devastation does not discriminate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 6.61w x 0.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/16\/2008 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2008 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2008 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Katie Ford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299081388213,"sku":"9781555975012","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_72b13792-f86e-4dff-95c5-3e7139ab1c1a.jpg?v=1751985239","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/colosseum-poems-9781555975012","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}