{"product_id":"lines-of-defense-stephen-dunn-9780393350722","title":"Lines of Defense: Poems","description":"In his seventeenth collection of poetry, Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn confronts the lines we fight against and the ones we draw for ourselves. \u003cem\u003eLines of Defense\u003c\/em\u003e poignantly captures the absurdities of modern life, expectations derailed, the lived life juxtaposed to the imagined life, and the defenses we don to make do. The poems in \u003cem\u003eLines of Defense\u003c\/em\u003e are wry and elegiac, precisely observed and wide-reaching. As with the best of Dunn's work, they take stock of the quotidian aspects of life, of the essential comedy of getting through the day: finding a lost cat; not being invited to a party; taking a granddaughter to a carnival. The lines of defense are the lines of the verse itself, as poetry forms a stronghold against mortality. This essential volume showcases a poet writing at the height of his powers. \u003cp\u003eFrom \"Before We Leave\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhere are we going?\u003cbr\u003e It's not an issue of here or there.\u003cbr\u003e And if you ever feel you can't\u003cbr\u003e take another step, imagine\u003cbr\u003e how you might feel to arrive, \u003cbr\u003e if not wiser, a little more aware\u003cbr\u003e how to inhabit the middle ground\u003cbr\u003e between misery and joy.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Dunn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 039335072X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393350722\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 03\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.20d","brand":"Stephen Dunn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140677456127,"sku":"9780393350722","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_745e5889-b337-4bee-a939-ee7a2a6a4b5c.jpg?v=1726596719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lines-of-defense-stephen-dunn-9780393350722","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}