{"product_id":"an-algebra-don-bogen-9780226063133","title":"An Algebra","description":"\u003cp\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eBagatelles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBagatelles, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emere gestures \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e in dry air, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeach pluck a dot, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estrokes marked on silence \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereaching into the dark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeauty is strict, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e it passes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean echo, a wedge \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof harmony, sudden, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebroken--\u003ci\u003eWho goes there?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Algebra\u003c\/i\u003e is an interwoven collection of eight sequences and sixteen individual poems, where images and phrases recur in new contexts, connecting and suspending thoughts, emotions and insights. By turns, the poems leap from the public realm of urban decay and outsourcing to the intimacies of family life, from a street mime to a haunting dream, from elegy to lyric evocation. Wholeness and brokenness intertwine in the book; glimpsed patterns and startling disjunctions drive its explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Algebra\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of changing equivalents, a search for balance in a world of transformation and loss. It is a brilliantly constructed, moving book by a poet who has achieved a new level of imaginative expression and skill. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAfter the Splendid Display\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In his best work . . . conscience and craft fuse seamlessly, and the result is original and arresting.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Bogen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226063135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226063133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 120","brand":"Don Bogen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086390505727,"sku":"9780226063133","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee4d9b3f-1d13-4fea-bf35-ce56ec045d5d.jpg?v=1769094404","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-algebra-don-bogen-9780226063133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}