{"product_id":"howell-christopher-the-grief-pb","title":"Howell, Christopher: The Grief of a Happy Life (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Washington Press, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: October 02, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003eIn Christopher Howell's twelfth collection of poems, his gifts for elegy, humor, and lyricism are on full display. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Grief of a Happy Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the interplay between memory and imagination, celebrating the ways that happiness and grief inform one another and give our lives fullness and vitality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArranged in four sections, Howell's poems feature not only these concerns, but a large and various cast of characters as well. Aeneas, Saint Theresa, Ovid, Kierkegaard, a German submarine, and so much more are woven together with Howell's trademark precision and accessibility into exquisite tableaux, each providing a view of both what we must live with and what we must not live without.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817125031959,"sku":"9780295746166","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/images_e9dc75a3-c84b-4f56-adb4-e4cfbd42b861.jpg?v=1748464791","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/howell-christopher-the-grief-pb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}