{"product_id":"fierce-elegy-hardcover","title":"Fierce Elegy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Gizzi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Gizzi's powerful new collection reminds us that the elegy is lament but also--as it has been for centuries--a work of love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the T.S. Eliot Prize \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Massachusetts Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Gizzi has said that \"the elegy is a mode that can transform a broken heart in a fierce world into a fierce heart in a broken world.\" For Gizzi, ferocity can be reimagined as vulnerability, bravery and discovery, a braiding of emotional and otherworldly depth, \"a holding open.\" In Gizzi's voice joy and sorrow make a complex ecosystem. In their quest for a lyric reality, these poems remind us that elegy is lament but also--as it has been for centuries--a work of love. \"This new poetry,\" Kamau Brathwaite has written about Gizzi, \"taking such care of temperature--the time \u0026amp; details of the world--meaning the space(s) in which we live--defining love in this way. Writing along the edge. A way of writing about hope.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e[sample poem] \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreely Song \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eall that is lovely \u003cbr\u003ein words, even \u003cbr\u003eif gone to pieces \u003cbr\u003eall that is lovely \u003cbr\u003egone, all of it \u003cbr\u003efor love and \u003cbr\u003eautobiography \u003cbr\u003eas if I were \u003cbr\u003ewriting this\u003cbr\u003ehello, listen \u003cbr\u003ethe plan is \u003cbr\u003ethe body and \u003cbr\u003eall of it for love \u003cbr\u003enow in pieces \u003cbr\u003eall that is lovely \u003cbr\u003eechoes still \u003cbr\u003ein life \u0026amp; death \u003cbr\u003estill memory \u003cbr\u003egardens open \u003cbr\u003eonto windows \u003cbr\u003elovely, the charm \u003cbr\u003ethat mirrors \u003cbr\u003eall that was, all \u003cbr\u003ethat is, lovely \u003cbr\u003ein a song\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Gizzi is the author of many collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eNow It's Dark \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003eArcheophonics \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), a finalist for the National Book Award, \u003ci\u003eThreshold Songs\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Nothing: Selected Poems, 1987-2011\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), a finalist for the LA Times Book Award. He has also published several limited-edition chapbooks, folios, and artist books. Marjorie Perloff has called him \"a master of the \u003ci\u003emot juste\u003c\/i\u003e and of sound structure;\" Robert Creeley, \"one of the most exceptional poets of his generation.\" Adrienne Rich has said \"his disturbing lyricism is like no other;\" and John Ashbery thought him \"the most exciting new poet to come along in quite a while.\" He lives in Holyoke, MA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 7.84 x 5.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458609963315,"sku":"9780819500670","price":29.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/aaFu_R2C8m9780819500670.webp?v=1781287124","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/fierce-elegy-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}