{"product_id":"joy-in-service-on-rue-tagore-poems-9780374609191","title":"Joy in Service on Rue Tagore: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Is there any living poet with as skilled . . . an ear?\" (\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e). The answer resounds: Muldoon is a true original. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince his 1973 debut, \u003ci\u003eNew Weather\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Muldoon has created some of the most original and memorable poetry of the past half century. \u003ci\u003eJoy in Service on Rue Tagore\u003c\/i\u003e sees him writing with the same verve and distinction that have consistently won him the highest accolades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, from artichokes to zinc, Muldoon navigates an alphabet of image and history, through barleymen and Irish slavers to the last running wolf in Ulster. The search involves the accumulated bric-a-brac of a life, and a reckoning along the way of gains against loss. In the poet's skillful hands, ancient maps are unfurled and brought into focus--the aggregation of Imperial Rome and the dismantling of Standard Oil, the pogroms of a Ukrainian ravine and of a Belfast shipyard. Through modern medicine and warfare, disaster and repair, these poems are electric in their energy, while profoundly humane in their line of inquiry.\u003cbr\u003e\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 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374609191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Paul Muldoon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334054805685,"sku":"9780374609191","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5f904bd0-0c78-4798-9ede-5c466d0d066d.jpg?v=1752583470","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/joy-in-service-on-rue-tagore-poems-9780374609191","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}