{"product_id":"empire-poems-paperback","title":"Empire: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Empire\" sings in art and truth. It celebrates and mourns in ways both beautiful and sublime.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMichael Kleber-Diggs\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \"Worldly Things,\" winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Armstrong's new collection \"Empire\" is a lacerating interrogation of a nation obsessed with violence, cruelty, and war . . . the prophetic voice in this book singes and soars, yet also ultimately leaves room for hope.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMelissa Range\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \"Scriptorium,\" winner of the 2015 National Poetry Series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of the poems in \"Empire\" wrestle with the tragic and criminal difficulties of our times, war after war, politics, the pandemic, the attack on 9-11, and Armstrong's passionate intelligence and unfailing moral compass give these poems great power. This is a brilliant, indispensable collection.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eConnie Wanek\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Author of Rival Gardens: New and Selected Poems\" and \"Consider the Lilies: Mrs. God Poems.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a special talent to be both photographically exact and wildly imaginative at once, and surely Armstrong possesses that talent . . . his heart is a furious engine in poems which are trenchant and angry and grievous jeremiads about how his country has disappointed him . . .\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eAlbert Goldbarth\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \"Other World\" and two-time winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with poems of beauty and brash love for the planet's smallest gifts, \"Empire\" also lays bare truths of our oldest plagues . . . each priceless moment wavers on the rim of loss. With unblinking candor, the author positions us in that true precariousness; then quietly offers: \"Let a poet transmit your dream.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eKimberly Blaeser\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \"Copper Yearning,\" and Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2015-16.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42721260175423,"sku":"9798987533802","price":30.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7936fd0a71ec3d2a463bdf627a9a122c.webp?v=1765091736","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/empire-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}