{"product_id":"the-nature-of-things-fragile-poems-9781641773652","title":"The Nature of Things Fragile: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature of Things Fragile\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Vertacnik depicts a world fraught with vulnerability and loss. Utilizing a wide range of both received and nonce poetic forms, including sonnets, villanelles, triolets, a sestina, epigrams, blank verse, and word-count, he confronts the illnesses and deaths of loved ones, both recent and long past (\"Face Value,\" \"Odd Elegy,\" \"Trace,\"); the memories of old houses and towns left behind (\"Departure,\" Sugar Beets,\" \"Mourning Doves\"); and the vanishing of once-ubiquitous analog particulars (\"Apology to Candles,\" \"Dial Tone,\" \"In Praise of Blank Cassettes\"). It is indeed a book of elegies, but one that also celebrates the people, places, and things it laments, preserving their names and details while laying them to rest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Things Fragile\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the twenty-third New Criterion Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Criterion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641773652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter Vertacnik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43644062105781,"sku":"9781641773652","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_945a9f42-d273-48fa-9b38-94c19931ce9c.jpg?v=1708446376","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-nature-of-things-fragile-poems-9781641773652","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}