{"product_id":"the-city-our-city-9781571314451","title":"The City, Our City","description":"\u003cb\u003eA William Carlos William Award Finalist for 2012\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star \u003c\/i\u003eTop Book of 2012\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Top Winter Poetry Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA series of semi-mythologized, symbolic narratives interspersed with dramatic monologues, the poems collected in \u003ci\u003eThe City, Our City\u003c\/i\u003e showcase the voice of a young poet striking out, dramatically, emphatically, to stake his claim on \"the City.\" It is an unnamed, crowded place where the human questions and observations found in almost any city--past, present, and future--ring out with urgency. These poems--in turn elegiac, celebratory, haunting, grave, and joyful--give hum to our modern experience, to those caught up in the City's immensity, and announce the arrival of a major new contemporary poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.60w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2011 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wayne Miller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660149911708,"sku":"9781571314451","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_facbcc96-ee27-44cd-b5e9-6a02422040de.jpg?v=1603896206","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-city-our-city-9781571314451","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}