{"product_id":"the-city-our-city-wayne-miller-9781571314451","title":"The City, Our City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST FOR THE WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA breakout collection that showcases the voice of a young poet striking out, dramatically, emphatically, to stake his claim on \"the City\"--an unnamed, crowded place filled with gunmen, lovers, children, neighbors, builders, soldiers, professors, bouncers, and widowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this series of semi-mythologized, symbolic narratives interspersed with dramatic monologues, Wayne Miller presents a city laden with \"kisses in doorways, weapons \/ and sculptures, concerts \/ and fistfights, sex toys and votives, \/ engines and metaphors.\" And yet the City, both unidentifiable and readily familiar, is also a place where the human questions and observations found in almost any city--past, present, and future--ring out with urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems--in turn elegiac, celebratory, haunting, grave, and joyful--give hum to our modern experience, to all those caught up in the City's immensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.60w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2011 pg. 77","brand":"Wayne Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989319319807,"sku":"9781571314451","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9681a38d-25ae-49b0-b525-ec3239d33368.jpg?v=1683298835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-city-our-city-wayne-miller-9781571314451","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}