{"product_id":"the-after-party-jana-prikryl-9781101906231","title":"The After Party: Poems","description":"\"A truly moving book.\" --John Ashbery \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJana Prikryl's \u003ci\u003eThe After Party\u003c\/i\u003e journeys across borders and eras, from cold war Central Europe to present-day New York City, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efrom ancient Rome to New World suburbs, constantly testing the lingua francas we negotiate to know ourselves. These poems disclose the tensions in our inherited identities and showcase Prikryl's ambitious\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eexperimentation with style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thirty Thousand Islands,\" the second half of the collection, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003epresents some forty linked poems that incorporate numerous voices. Rooted in one place that fragments into many places--the remote shores of Lake Huron in\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCanada, a region with no natural resources aside from its beauty--these poems are an elegy that speaks beyond grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenetrating, vital, and visionary, \u003ci\u003eThe After Party\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jana Prikryl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1101906235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101906231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2016","brand":"Jana Prikryl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989728329983,"sku":"9781101906231","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1991bdb0-380a-49fe-b7a8-affe5172a080.jpg?v=1683301087","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-after-party-jana-prikryl-9781101906231","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}