{"product_id":"odd-mercy-gerald-stern-9780393316308","title":"Odd Mercy: Poems","description":"The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled \"Hot Dog,\" named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In \"Hot Dog,\" and throughout, Stern wrestles with the issues--hope, memory, faith--that have always occupied him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Stern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393316300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393316308\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 06\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.51w x 0.45d","brand":"Gerald Stern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056057118975,"sku":"9780393316308","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e033d8d5-5c0f-478b-a71e-f86d82315552.jpg?v=1685039269","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/odd-mercy-gerald-stern-9780393316308","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}