{"product_id":"the-contracted-world-peter-meinke-9780822959182","title":"The Contracted World: New \u0026 More Selected Poems","description":"The Contracted World includes representative poems from four of Peter Meinke's previous collections. In poems that show us what it is like to grow up in America, love, nature, cities, sports, war, and peace are filtered through the imagination and verbal skills of one of our brightest poets. The new poems experiment with form, and address a life that is shrinking in specific ways: the poet is aging, the world is getting smaller, our post-9\/11 freedoms are eroding, and our choices seem fewer and less attractive. Despite feelings of anger and loneliness, the narrator speaks to us in a personal, accessible, and often humorous voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Meinke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822959186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822959182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.36w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Florida Book Award - Bronze Medal Winner","brand":"Peter Meinke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980625772799,"sku":"9780822959182","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0858ae0-94e9-4704-8669-a78e24f06396.jpg?v=1683250985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-contracted-world-peter-meinke-9780822959182","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}