{"product_id":"at-lake-scugog-troy-jollimore-9780691149431","title":"At Lake Scugog: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an eagerly awaited collection of new poems from the author of \u003ci\u003eTom Thomson in Purgatory\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as a \"snappy, entertaining book.\" A triumphant follow-up to that acclaimed debut, \u003ci\u003eAt Lake Scugog\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates why the S\u003ci\u003ean Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e has called Troy Jollimore \"a new and exciting voice in American poetry.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJollimore is a professional philosopher, and in witty and profound ways his formally playful poems dramatize philosophical subjects-especially the individual's relation to the larger world, and the permeable, constantly shifting border between \"inner\" and \"outer.\" For instance, the speaker of \"The Solipsist,\" suspecting that the entire world \"lives inside of your skull,\" wonders \"why \/ God would make ear and eye \/ to face \u003ci\u003eoutward\u003c\/i\u003e, not in.\" And Tom Thomson-a character who also appeared in Jollimore's first book-finds himself journeying like an astronaut through the far reaches of the space that fills his head, an experience that prompts him to ask that a doorbell be installed \"on the \u003ci\u003einside\u003c\/i\u003e,\" so that he can warn the world before \"intruding on't.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Troy Jollimore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691149437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691149431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.17w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2011 pg. 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2011 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/2011","brand":"Troy Jollimore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925616328959,"sku":"9780691149431","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_456620a8-2516-4f53-ad8d-81ab8fa99e57.jpg?v=1681078327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-lake-scugog-troy-jollimore-9780691149431","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}