{"product_id":"10-05-2021-a-year-in-the-new-life-by-jack-underwood","title":"Underwood, Jack: A Year in the New Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: October 5, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher Marketing: This new book of poems finds fresh ways of navigating a time of continual surprise and uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJack Underwood’s debut collection,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2015), was celebrated for its unconventional and daring tone: ‘conversational, arresting . . . weird, singular’ (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e). Such qualities are on accomplished display in this anticipated new collection, as the poems mature and move on to a wide range of preoccupations, including imminent societal collapse and current riots; the limits of masculinity and complexities of fatherhood; as well as uncanny, often amusing scenarios, such as serving drinks to a gathering of fifteen babies or group kissing in Empathy Class. Throughout, incongruous and domestic subjects re-align in skewed lyrics and thought experiments, all presented with a generosity and tenderness that makes the poet so unmistakable – and indispensable for the strange times in which we live.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39286920478743,"sku":"9781571315229","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/ju.jpg?v=1618006011","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/10-05-2021-a-year-in-the-new-life-by-jack-underwood","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}