{"product_id":"death-and-transfiguration-kelly-cherry-9780807122129","title":"Death and Transfiguration","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this, her latest, deeply moving collection, Kelly Cherry confronts the basic questions of love and death, faith and suffering. From her search for \"a new poetry\"--one that can face up to the worst barbarities of the twentieth century--Cherry wrests a passionate, authoritative, powerful vision that is itself transfiguring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath and Transfiguration\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the wisdom one gains from pain rather than on the pain itself. Cherry, betraying no fear, grasps her anguish to see how much she can stand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDedication, tenacity, and spiritual poise are needed to make precise observations of this kind in the most trying times. In \u003ci\u003eDeath and Transfiguration, \u003c\/i\u003e Cherry demonstrates how such displacements of the mind carry with them their own analeptic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Requiem,\" the collection's long closing poem, gathers all of these deaths in a single embrace. This spectacular piece, emotionally akin to Anna Akhmatova's poem of the same title but as closely and brilliantly reasoned as philosophy, transforms everything that has gone before, creating a strong, unified work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Cherry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807122122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807122129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.02w x 0.22d","brand":"Kelly Cherry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44201718120703,"sku":"9780807122129","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bb195d3-28e1-4ce2-ac26-d3f437ed9628.jpg?v=1691490998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-and-transfiguration-kelly-cherry-9780807122129","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}