{"product_id":"if-you-can-tell-james-mcmichael-9780374536824","title":"If You Can Tell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant new collection with visionary clarity from a National Book Award finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf You Can Tell\u003c\/i\u003e, the new book of poems by James McMichael, a finalist for the National Book Award in 2006, takes up what it might mean that the word was in the beginning, before which there may not have been \"empty \/ space, \/ even, \/ nor the thought of it.\" A baby is conceived after a verbal exchange between his parents. He's born and learns to talk. Told that the grandfather he cherishes has died, he unknowingly silences any memory of the man. To his Sunday school class a few years later, he tells the lie that he himself was born in China. The boy grows up into a vexing faith. Though he expects his own death will be final, God is no less God to him in the life he's been given and must in time give back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James McMichael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374536821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374536824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.23d","brand":"James McMichael","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056045486335,"sku":"9780374536824","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37a833f3-8af2-4baf-a354-9337d0e46f7e.jpg?v=1685039208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-you-can-tell-james-mcmichael-9780374536824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}