{"product_id":"the-laughter-of-the-sphinx-michael-palmer-9780811225540","title":"The Laughter of the Sphinx","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Palmer's new book--a collection in two parts, \"The Laughter of the Sphinx\" and \"Still (a cantata--or nada--for Sister Satan)\"--contains 52 poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title poem begins \"The laughter of the Sphinx \/ caused my eyes to bleed\" and haunts us with the ruin we are making of our world, even as Palmer revels in its incredible beauty. Such central tensions in \u003cem\u003eThe Laughter of the Sphinx\u003c\/em\u003e--between beauty and loss, love and death, motion and rest, knowledge and ignorance--glow in Palmer's lyrical play of light and entirely hypnotize the reader. The stakes, as always with Palmer, are very high, essentially life and death: \"Please favor us with a reply \/ regarding our one-time offer \/ which will soon expire.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811225542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811225540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2016","brand":"Michael Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926343254271,"sku":"9780811225540","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_783c6f08-bc2f-4be9-a809-012bb6ea14d8.jpg?v=1681082545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-laughter-of-the-sphinx-michael-palmer-9780811225540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}