{"product_id":"lands-end-gail-mazur-9780226720739","title":"Land's End: New and Selected Poems","description":"With her latest poetry collection, Gail Mazur once again shows her mastery of the descriptive-meditative narrative, powerfully evoking the past while writing from the firm ground of the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLand's End\u003c\/i\u003e, we see Mazur writing with the kind of lyric authority, ever-deepening emotional range, and intellectual and social scope that her readers have come to expect in her poetry. Beautifully crafted elegies meet with reflections on her own life, her family, and artists who have come and gone. In the title poem, she leads readers through a garden, where new and old growth twists together in an \"almanac of inheritances\" that conjures the rich memory of poets who have passed on. In this space of remembrance, Mazur also charges us with the responsibility of nurturing art and artists of the future, especially in the face of the disheartening absurdities of contemporary politics. Contemplating the growth and decay so entwined in life, these poems invite us to consider both inevitable brokenness and necessary hope, writing \"My work now: to continue learning to absorb the loss, \/ and live.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through tidal creeks and the weightless scenes of \u003ci\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/i\u003e woodcuts, in artists' studios and along the frozen Charles River, Mazur connects passionately with the world around her. Carrying with her the undeniable presence of loss and of time past, she engages deeply with the present, her historic memory informing a deep concern for contemporary life. Reading \u003ci\u003eLand's End\u003c\/i\u003e, we find ourselves with the poet: as if here at land's end, here on the coast, urgent, \u003cbr\u003e together we'd have energies to do battle forever. \u003cbr\u003e As if we could rescue the guttering world....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gail Mazur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022672073X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226720739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2020 pg. 158","brand":"Gail Mazur","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045397033215,"sku":"9780226720739","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83a038f5-72b8-4ba0-84ff-ad6c27e5bad5.jpg?v=1684978504","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lands-end-gail-mazur-9780226720739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}