{"product_id":"that-kind-of-happy-maggie-dietz-9780226349398","title":"That Kind of Happy","description":"\u003ci\u003eOctober Aubade\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If I slept too long, forgive me. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A north wind quickened the window frames \u003cbr\u003e so the room pitched like a moving train \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e and the pillow's whiff of hickory \u003cbr\u003e and shaving soap conjured your body \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e beside me. So I slept in the berth \u003cbr\u003e as the train chuffed on, unburdened \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e by waking's cold water, ignorant \u003cbr\u003e of pain, estrangement, hunger and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e the crucial fuel the boiler burned \u003cbr\u003e to keep the minutes' pistons churning \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e while I slept. Forgive me. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat Kind of Happy\u003c\/i\u003e, the long-awaited second collection by award-winning poet Maggie Dietz, explores the sharp, profound tension between a disquieted inner life and quotidian experience. Central to the book are poems that take up two major life events: becoming a mother and losing a father within a short stretch of time. Here, at the intersection of joy and grief, of persistence and attrition, Dietz wrestles with the questions posed by such conflicting experiences, revealing a mind suspicious of quick fixes and dissatisfied with easy answers. The result is a book as anguished as it is distinguished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie Dietz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022634939X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226349398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Maggie Dietz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981507985663,"sku":"9780226349398","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60aeff63-76c2-4594-91fd-9727cb2d5ad2.jpg?v=1683255993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/that-kind-of-happy-maggie-dietz-9780226349398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}