{"product_id":"pity-the-beautiful-dana-gioia-9781555976132","title":"Pity the Beautiful","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe long-awaited fourth collection by one of America's foremost poets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eO Lord of indirection and ellipses, \u003cbr\u003eignore our prayers. Deliver us from distraction.\u003cbr\u003eSlow our heartbeat to a cricket's call.\u003cbr\u003e --from \"Prophecy\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePity the Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e is Dana Gioia's first new poetry book in over a decade. Its emotional revelations and careful construction are hard won, inventive, and resilient. These new poems show Gioia's craftsmanship at its finest, its most mature, as they make music, crack wise, remember the dead, and in a long, central poem even tell ghost stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dana Gioia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555976131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976132\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\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 5.55w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/06\/2013 pg. 39","brand":"Dana Gioia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078415773951,"sku":"9781555976132","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_681b3937-3d71-4fd9-996d-2aba3aa68e03.jpg?v=1685475382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pity-the-beautiful-dana-gioia-9781555976132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}