{"product_id":"crossing-the-equator-nicholas-christopher-9780156031400","title":"Crossing the Equator: New and Selected Poems 1972-2004","description":"Nicholas Christopher has been praised as one of America's most important poets by such literary talents as John Ashbery, Charles Simic, James Merrill, and Anthony Hecht. Crossing the Equator collects Christopher's best work from the past three decades and includes a section of new poems that are among his finest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCold missiles and a rain \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eof embers accompany the men \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewho slide like shadows into the city \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efaces mud-smeared \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003estones for teeth no eyes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewho slit the throats of everyone \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethey encounter until breaking down \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003emy door they drag me into the darkness \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethat floods the corridor \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eand lock me in an icy chamber \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--from \"THE LAST HOURS OF LAﾓDIKﾊ, SISTER OF HEKTOR\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Christopher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 015603140X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156031400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.35w x 0.60d","brand":"Nicholas Christopher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056635965695,"sku":"9780156031400","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b70fd4ac-094e-4d04-830c-87a8f4081b9d.jpg?v=1685042418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crossing-the-equator-nicholas-christopher-9780156031400","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}