{"product_id":"special-operation-mark-pawlak-9781957372228","title":"Special Operation","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSpecial Operation\u003c\/em\u003e, Mark Pawlak bears witness to war with moral urgency and precision. Soldiers retrieve frost-covered bodies stacked in trenches \"and we must remember to remain human\u003cem\u003e.\" \u003c\/em\u003eBlood pools on a sidewalk; cups of tea remain warm beside the dead. Each image strikes like a match in darkness, briefly illuminating how people endure, resist and continue to see. In a Brechtian spirit, these poems insist on truth stripped of consolation, asking readers not to look away but to reckon. Pawlak's compressed, lyrical lines cut through silence to reveal the costs of war--and the fragile, stubborn humanity still under fire. \u003cem\u003e --Dzvinia Orlowsky, author of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThose Absences Now Closest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e and\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBad Harvest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Pawlak, Mark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Pawlak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1957372222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957372228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beltway Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.10h x 9.10w x 0.20d","brand":"Mark Pawlak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001246687487,"sku":"9781957372228","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/special-operation-mark-pawlak-9781957372228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}