{"product_id":"stupid-hope-poems-9781555975333","title":"Stupid Hope: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final collection by the late Jason Shinder, \"one of the finest of our new poets\" (Gerald Stern)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI close my eyes and try to remember\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhen I was unopposed, when I started to die, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebuoyant, fragrant, shuddering with love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e --from \"Before\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason Shinder's last poems are his moving testimonies to poetry, love, and friendship. With power, clarity, and disarming humor, the poems confront grief and mortality with a humility and fortitude that come only \"with hope, stupid hope.\" \u003ci\u003eStupid Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is Shinder's wry, penetrating, and wise farewell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 6.10w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 120\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jason Shinder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659642171548,"sku":"9781555975333","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3b64474b-5bf9-47bf-b717-a333d7877aa2.jpg?v=1603895189","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stupid-hope-poems-9781555975333","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}