{"product_id":"stronger-than-death-hart-cranes-last-year-in-mexico-9781529383379","title":"Stronger Than Death: Hart Crane's Last Year in Mexico","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Poignant and fiercely intelligent, this is the best work of creative non-fiction I have read in years' FIONA MOZLEY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Profound, moving and courageous' \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stimulating and often engaging . . . Bratton has developed a real technique of her own here' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In April 1931, modernist poet Hart Crane arrived in Mexico City. Between mood swings, dire financial difficulties, and a rotating series of personal estrangements, Hart was struggling to make the parts of a fragmentary world cohere. This move to Mexico was one in a long list of attempts to find security. In just over a year he would be dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn July 1932, Grace Crane picks up the morning paper. \u003c\/b\u003eScanning the headlines, she is halted on page five. Her son's eyes stare back at her, tinted pink by the thin paper: 'POET LOST AT SEA FROM SHIP'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hart Crane's death has accrued a morbid mythology, often overshadowing discussions of his work. In \u003ci\u003eStronger than Death\u003c\/i\u003e Francesca Bratton focuses instead on Hart's vivid life and his turbulent final year among the vibrant artistic and political communities of Mexico City. Interwoven with Hart's story is that of his mother, exploring Grace's lifelong frustrated creativity and, after his death, her attempts to reach him through seance. Finally, the book explores Hart's legacy as a queer man and as a poet, informed by Francesca's responses to his work during her own periods of mental illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart-memoir, part-biography, \u003ci\u003eStronger than Death \u003c\/i\u003eis a profound and lyrical meditation on grief, mental health, enduring love and the power of poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Murray Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529383379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.29w x 0.88d","brand":"Francesca Bratton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537421824181,"sku":"9781529383379","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c5c8c776-7253-48e5-9826-87905235ff55.jpg?v=1779169477","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stronger-than-death-hart-cranes-last-year-in-mexico-9781529383379","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}