{"product_id":"james-thomas-letters-to","title":"James, Thomas: Letters to a Stranger","description":"\u003cp\u003eGraywolf Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: \u003cspan\u003eJune 24, 2008\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe searing collection, a cult favorite for decades, by the late Thomas James\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI will last forever. I am not impatient--\u003cbr\u003eMy skin will wait to greet its old complexions.\u003cbr\u003eI'll lie here till the world swims back again.\u003cbr\u003e--from \"Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas James's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters to a Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--originally published in 1973, shortly before James's suicide--has become one of the underground classics of contemporary poetry. In this new edition, with an introduction by Lucie Brock-Broido and four of James's poems never before published in book form, this fraught and moving masterpiece is at last available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters to a Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a new book in the Graywolf Poetry Re\/View Series, edited by Mark Doty, dedicated to bringing essential books of contemporary American poetry back into print.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817230118935,"sku":"9781555975029","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_70670aed-36b5-423f-a2f8-2d29ab946ace.jpg?v=1703282439","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/james-thomas-letters-to","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}