{"product_id":"stupid-hope-jason-shinder-9781555975333","title":"Stupid Hope: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final collection by the late Jason Shinder, \"one of the finest of our new poets\" (Gerald Stern)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI close my eyes and try to remember\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhen I was unopposed, when I started to die, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ebuoyant, fragrant, shuddering with love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e --from \"Before\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason Shinder's last poems are his moving testimonies to poetry, love, and friendship. With power, clarity, and disarming humor, the poems confront grief and mortality with a humility and fortitude that come only \"with hope, stupid hope.\" \u003ci\u003eStupid Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is Shinder's wry, penetrating, and wise farewell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Shinder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155597533X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975333\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\/04\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 6.10w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 120","brand":"Jason Shinder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042376413439,"sku":"9781555975333","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71c7f74b-4304-41bd-a5c9-90b200cab64b.jpg?v=1684961150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stupid-hope-jason-shinder-9781555975333","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}