{"product_id":"look-there-agi-mishol-9781555974367","title":"Look There: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first publication in the United States of celebrated contemporary Israeli poet Agi Mishol, winner of the Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou are only twenty \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand your first pregnancy is an exploding bomb.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder your broad skirt you are pregnant with dynamite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand metal shavings. This is how you walk in the market . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --from \"Woman Martyr\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgi Mishol's poetry, written in the instability of contemporary Israel, is an astounding balancing act between brave utterance and comic revelation, stark reality and pure pleasure. The poet dreams of being married to Stephen Hawking; men, with all their brazen flaws, are loved, even admired; parents are mourned and remembered; the poet herself freezes in the spotlight of her own poetry reading; a suicide bomber disguised as a pregnant woman walks into a Jerusalem bakery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkillfully rendered from the Hebrew into English by Lisa Katz, \u003ci\u003eLook There\u003c\/i\u003e introduces American readers to a vital new poet, whose depth and verve have earned her an international reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Lannan Translation Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Agi Mishol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555974368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555974367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.08w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2005 pg. 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/23\/2006 pg. 16","brand":"Agi Mishol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424432701695,"sku":"9781555974367","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9ce03d0-19d1-4f71-94d8-6201640ffa54.jpg?v=1761530190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/look-there-agi-mishol-9781555974367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}