{"product_id":"bathanti-joseph-steady-daypb","title":"Bathanti, Joseph: Steady Daylight","description":"\u003cp\u003eLSU Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: February 11, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003ci\u003eSteady Daylight,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe latest volume of poetry from Joseph Bathanti, returns to the place he grew up, the now-vanished neighborhood of East Liberty in Pittsburgh. The speaker traipses fearlessly between real and imagined realms, in the face of often conflicted sensibilities, secrets, and silence. While the physical touchstones of the \"old\" East Liberty have evanesced, Bathanti invents a world ample enough for the dead and the living through incantatory language thrumming with hope and photographic integrity. Ultimately, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteady Daylight\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an elegy and a praise song, a heartbreakingly beautiful requiem.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44165074223127,"sku":"9780807185858","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/9780807185858.jpg?v=1767989735","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/bathanti-joseph-steady-daypb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}