{"product_id":"joseph-lawrence-so-where-apb","title":"Joseph, Lawrence: So Where Are We?","description":"\u003cp\u003eFSG, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: August 21, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"So where are we?\" asks Lawrence Joseph in the title poem of his powerful and moving sixth book of poetry. Beginning where his acclaimed collection\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eInto It\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eleft off, amid the worldwide violence unleashed by the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Joseph's poems--global and historic in scope--boldly encounter the imaginative challenges of our time: issues of political economy, labor and capital, racism and war, and \"the point at which \/ violence becomes ontology, \/ these endless ambitious experiments in destruction, \/ a species grief.\" Against these realities, Joseph presents an intimate, sensuous language of beauty and love, \"a separate \/ palette kept for each poem,\" a constant shifting and fluid play of sound and tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith incisive intensity, intelligence, emotional force, and fierce, uncompromising vision, Joseph speaks from deep within the truths of poetry's common language. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Where Are We?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is extraordinary new work from one of our most distinctive poets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817136992279,"sku":"9780374537715","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_d4a8f1be-6066-4cd0-b915-ef1abba382a0.jpg?v=1703281113","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/joseph-lawrence-so-where-apb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}