{"product_id":"petty-theft-nicholas-friedman-9781641770224","title":"Petty Theft: Poems","description":"In \u003ci\u003ePetty Theft\u003c\/i\u003e, Nicholas Friedman cultivates the strangeness of daily life and turns an unsentimental eye to joy, catastrophe, and the myriad stations in between. The poems often set us wandering: to the busked streets of Assisi; to a burning circus tent in Hartford, Connecticut; to a stone circle in England; to the poet's native Upstate New York; and to his adoptive California, where a wealthy neighbor \"lives behind a massive hedge, four-square\/ like a curtain wall\/ that keeps us here, him there.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The \"theft\" of this collection's title lurks on every page, luring faith to doubt, love to loss, and appearance to illusion. Yet these poems never lapse into hopelessness. Even where failure and tragedy precede human understanding, \u003ci\u003ePetty Theft\u003c\/i\u003e suggests the possibility of sustenance and recompense. Both confident and questioning, this debut collection announces Friedman as an important new voice in American poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePetty Theft\u003c\/i\u003e is the eighteenth winner of the annual New Criterion Poetry Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e is recognized as one of the foremost contemporary venues for poetry that pays close attention to form. Building upon its commitment to serious poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e established this annual prize in 2000. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1641770228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641770224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Criterion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.70d","brand":"Nicholas Friedman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43937099776255,"sku":"9781641770224","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b2ea4660-d89c-4bf0-af0c-7b990f338ead.jpg?v=1681428222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/petty-theft-nicholas-friedman-9781641770224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}