{"product_id":"exit-opera-kim-addonizio-9781324130659","title":"Exit Opera: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in locations from dive bars to Montparnasse Cemetery, from an ancient Greek temple to a tourist shop in Assisi, \u003cem\u003eExit Opera\u003c\/em\u003e explores the ever-vexing issues of time, mortality, love, and loss, and considers the roles of art and human connection. Whatever their nominal subject--jazz, zombies, Buddhism, Siberian tigers--these poems make for a compelling mix of humor and pain, difficulty and solace. In a nod to Keats, one of the many fellow travelers in these poems, Addonizio invites us to \"[inscribe] a few verses on whatever water \/ you can find\" and assures readers that they are not alone in navigating the challenges and changes of mortal life. As she writes in \"My Opera\" \u003c\/p\u003e The staging is difficult. Exploding stars\u003cbr\u003e are involved, high-redshift galaxies, interior chambers, \u003cbr\u003e a little country blues, a little jazz guitar, a jam jar containing\u003cbr\u003e a tiny ocean \u0026amp; a tinier rowboat rocking gently in the swells\u003cbr\u003e that I am steering toward you in the dark. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Addonizio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324130652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324130659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Kim Addonizio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450334949631,"sku":"9781324130659","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aed2ec68-0624-4dee-b56c-49c16f1e74c8.jpg?v=1777267204","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/exit-opera-kim-addonizio-9781324130659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}