{"product_id":"still-life-paperback-3","title":"Still Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJay Hopler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Pulitzer Prize finalist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eConfronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Jay Hopler (1970-2022)--author of the National Book Award-finalist \u003cem\u003eThe Abridged History of\u003c\/em\u003e Rainfall--got to work. The result of that labor is\u003cem\u003e Still Life\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of poems that are heartbreaking, terrifying, and deeply, darkly hilarious. In an attempt to find meaning in a life ending right before his eyes, Hopler squares off against monsters real and imagined, personal and historical, and tries not to flinch. This work is no elegy; it's a testament to courage, love, compassion, and the fierceness of the human heart. It's a violently funny but playfully serious fulfillment of what Arseny Tarkovsky called the fundamental purpose of art: a way to prepare for death, be it far in the future or very near at hand.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJay Hopler\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1970, and died in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2022. His first collection of poetry, \u003cem\u003eGreen Squall\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), was chosen by Louise Glück as the winner of the Yale Younger Poets Prize; his second collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Abridged History of Rainfall\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), was a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry. As an editor and translator, his works include\u003cem\u003e The Killing Spirit: An Anthology of Murder for Hire\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eBefore the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (edited with his spouse, poet and Renaissance scholar Kimberly Johnson, 2013), and \u003cem\u003eThe Museum of Small Dark Things: 25 Poems by Georg Trakl \u003c\/em\u003e(2016). Hopler was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including a fellowship from the Lannan Foundation, a Whiting Award, a Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, two Florida Book Awards, and the Rome Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.2 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695509901375,"sku":"9781952119927","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/939b3c4266348e2db952a71b2229db87.webp?v=1765004036","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/still-life-paperback-3","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}