{"product_id":"the-diary-of-saint-marion-9781957755571","title":"The Diary of Saint Marion","description":"\u003cp\u003eGloria Monaghan's poems, with their essentially straightforward, eminently readable language, also explode with surprises-a sly wit, a sprinkling of deliciously unusual verbiage (\"oaknut,\" \"cupule,\" \"plumule\"-all in the same poem!), and a wealth of startlingly touching details (the book opens with a little hand-grenade of a poem about a tiny opera bag that \"Couldn't have held much more\/than a few coins for tipping a bathroom attendant\/or purchasing milk\"). This whole book bursts with a rare freshness to be applauded and savored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Lloyd Schwartz, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of Who's on First? New and Selected Poems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lily Poetry Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957755571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Gloria Monaghan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45419039162549,"sku":"9781957755571","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ba93d8fd-7d93-4f5a-ae64-6fdbcbd34a37.jpg?v=1748390707","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-diary-of-saint-marion-9781957755571","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}