{"product_id":"life-on-mars-tracy-k-smith-9781555975845","title":"Life on Mars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e* Poet Laureate of the United States *\u003cbr\u003e* A\u003c\/i\u003e New York Times\u003ci\u003e Notable Book of 2011 and\u003c\/i\u003e New York Times Book Review \u003ci\u003eEditors' Choice *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e* A\u003c\/i\u003e New Yorker, Library Journal \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Publishers Weekly \u003ci\u003eBest Book of the Year *\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew poetry by the award-winning poet Tracy K. Smith, whose \"lyric brilliance and political impulses never falter\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself \u003cbr\u003eTo lift you past the rungs of your crib. What \u003cbr\u003eWould your life say if it could talk? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e --from \"No Fly Zone\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith allusions to David Bowie and interplanetary travel, \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars \u003c\/i\u003eimagines a soundtrack for the universe to accompany the discoveries, failures, and oddities of human existence. In these brilliant new poems, Tracy K. Smith envisions a sci-fi future sucked clean of any real dangers, contemplates the dark matter that keeps people both close and distant, and revisits the kitschy concepts like \"love\" and \"illness\" now relegated to the Museum of Obsolescence. These poems reveal the realities of life lived here, on the ground, where a daughter is imprisoned in the basement by her own father, where celebrities and pop stars walk among us, and where the poet herself loses her father, one of the engineers who worked on the Hubble Space Telescope. With this remarkable third collection, Smith establishes herself among the best poets of her generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tracy K. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555975844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2011 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2011 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/28\/2011 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/04\/2011 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2011 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2011 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2011 pg. 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2013 pg. 13","brand":"Tracy K. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055217373439,"sku":"9781555975845","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0d91627-23b5-41c9-91d6-b64b196810d9.jpg?v=1685034463","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-on-mars-tracy-k-smith-9781555975845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}