{"product_id":"the-father-of-the-predicaments-heather-mchugh-9780819565068","title":"The Father of the Predicaments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhether sorrowful or sassy, the poems in this new collection bear McHugh's signature: a lively love for the very language she bewares.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable now in paperback, The Father of the Predicaments is Heather McHugh's first book since Hinge \u0026amp; Sign was selected as a National Book Award finalist and chosen a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times and Publishers Weekly. In this witty and deeply felt collection, McHugh takes her cue from Aristotle, who wrote that \"the father of the predicaments is being.\" For McHugh, being is intimately, though perhaps not ultimately, bound to language, and these poems cut to the quick, delivering their revelations with awesome precision\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather McHugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0819565067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819565068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.02w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/17\/2002 pg. 24","brand":"Heather McHugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926498672895,"sku":"9780819565068","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a5573907-b77e-41bc-879e-c7c24c99d000.jpg?v=1681083412","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-father-of-the-predicaments-heather-mchugh-9780819565068","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}