{"product_id":"be-easy-adrian-matejka-9781324097501","title":"Be Easy: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Adrian Matejka has been a mainstay of contemporary American poetry for over two decades. Collecting hits from six extraordinary collections, \u003cem\u003eBe Easy\u003c\/em\u003e showcases Matejka's singular sonics and narrative vision in fresh, dynamic poems that lyrically complicate place, race, and identity in contemporary America. New poems explore the twitchy unease of unintentional migration and economic instability as the country faces a future every bit as unsettling and circuslike as the parking lot carnivals in the Midwest. Selections from \u003cem\u003eMixology\u003c\/em\u003e (2008)--\"a post-soul tour de force\" (Kevin Young)--shapeshift before our eyes; while \"revelatory\" (Gabrielle Calvocoressi) odes from \u003cem\u003eThe Big Smoke\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) reimagine the legacy of prizefighter Jack Johnson; and transcendent poems from \u003cem\u003eMap to the Stars\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) brim with cosmic jazz. From a \"rocket-powered\" writer (Campbell McGrath), \u003cem\u003eBe Easy\u003c\/em\u003e affirms Adrian Matejka as one of the most revelatory and exciting voices of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Matejka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324097507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324097501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Adrian Matejka","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47202269724927,"sku":"9781324097501","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e7a24ee-028a-4179-81a0-cd2e6e289e6c.jpg?v=1756820112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/be-easy-adrian-matejka-9781324097501","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}