{"product_id":"koethe-john-cemeteriespb","title":"Koethe, John: Cemeteries and Galaxies: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: April 1, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Koethe unravels timeless questions of death, math, meaning, and much more in this mesmerizing collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Koethe, one of our most philosophically sophisticated poets, has written a book of pithy, contentious, witty poems about our perennial, never-satisfied search for meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe silent mysteries of the stars and the mute beauty of human graves have deep similarities that Koethe probes in these poems with a wondering, wandering gimlet eye that will delight the reader when they don't terrify them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCemeteries and Galaxies\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinarily provocative and, perhaps surprisingly, consoling book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44839978041367,"sku":"9780374618926","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/91ribizxMhL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1774558148","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/koethe-john-cemeteriespb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}