{"product_id":"09-13-22-koethe-john-beyond-belief","title":"Koethe, John: Beyond Belief (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 13, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: A rich, meditative new collection of poetry from John Koethe, the necessary and great poet (\u003ci\u003eHyperallergic\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's presumptuous, but if you're reading this you\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eProbably know my usual obsessions and preoccupations: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe \"world\"--both the word and what it stands for--and time, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhich is or isn't real, depending on my mood. I've always\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHated poems about philosophy, and I hope I still do, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBut since I don't know what that means anymore, here I am, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMusing on my ends and my beginnings one more time . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belief\u003c\/i\u003e, John Koethe poses eternal and essential questions about the rhythms of time, language and literature, and \"the space between attention and belief.\" The eleventh book of poetry from America's philosopher-poet is an intimate, searching collection that gives life to the mundane and lends words to our most interior and abstract musings. What makes a life real? Words on a page, the accumulation of moments and memories, or nothing at all? And what is it worth? Locked inside, have we lost our future and its promises or are we merely pressed to inhabit our present and ourselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe award-winning poet invites us into his consideration of our world, as \"an ordinary person sitting on his balcony on a summer afternoon, \/ Waiting patiently for someone to explain it to and meanwhile \/ Living quietly in his imagination, imagining the afterlife.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40276248199191,"sku":"9780374604332","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/ibg.common.titledetail_eb5a042f-27d7-4489-8716-03c2c0b3e641.gif?v=1661921291","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/09-13-22-koethe-john-beyond-belief","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}