{"product_id":"stupid-hope-poems-paperback","title":"Stupid Hope: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Shinder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final collection by the late Jason Shinder, \"one of the finest of our new poets\" (Gerald Stern)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI close my eyes and try to remember\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhen I was unopposed, when I started to die, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebuoyant, fragrant, shuddering with love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e --from \"Before\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason Shinder's last poems are his moving testimonies to poetry, love, and friendship. With power, clarity, and disarming humor, the poems confront grief and mortality with a humility and fortitude that come only \"with hope, stupid hope.\" \u003ci\u003eStupid Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is Shinder's wry, penetrating, and wise farewell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Shinder\u003c\/b\u003e (1955-2008) was the author of two previous poetry collections and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Poem That Changed America: \"Howl\" Fifty Years Later\u003c\/i\u003e. He directed the YMCA National Writer's Voice and taught at the Writing Seminars at Bennington College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 8.86 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Jewish Book Award (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714929135679,"sku":"9781555975333","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c65a2d23ae00faea270f9465676f1083.webp?v=1765069726","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/stupid-hope-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}