{"product_id":"so-where-are-we-lawrence-joseph-9780374537715","title":"So Where Are We?: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"So where are we?\" asks Lawrence Joseph in the title poem of his powerful and moving sixth book of poetry. Beginning where his acclaimed collection\u003ci\u003e Into It \u003c\/i\u003eleft off, amid the worldwide violence unleashed by the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Joseph's poems--global and historic in scope--boldly encounter the imaginative challenges of our time: issues of political economy, labor and capital, racism and war, and \"the point at which \/ violence becomes ontology, \/ these endless ambitious experiments in destruction, \/ a species grief.\" Against these realities, Joseph presents an intimate, sensuous language of beauty and love, \"a separate \/ palette kept for each poem,\" a constant shifting and fluid play of sound and tone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith incisive intensity, intelligence, emotional force, and fierce, uncompromising vision, Joseph speaks from deep within the truths of poetry's common language. \u003ci\u003eSo Where Are We?\u003c\/i\u003e is extraordinary new work from one of our most distinctive poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Joseph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374537712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374537715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.17d","brand":"Lawrence Joseph","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919611527423,"sku":"9780374537715","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2af2d662-7101-4ec0-9d10-b0e52bd05b52.jpg?v=1680810351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/so-where-are-we-lawrence-joseph-9780374537715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}