{"product_id":"the-life-and-death-of-kelly-cherry-9780807150429","title":"The Life and Death of Poetry: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2013 L. E. Phillabaum Poetry Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her ninth collection of poetry, Kelly Cherry explores the domain of language. Clear and accessible, the poems in\u003ci\u003e The Life and Death of Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eexamine the intricacies and limitations of communication and its ability to help us transcend our world and lives.\u003cbr\u003eThe poet begins with silence and animal sound before taking on literature, public discourse, and the particular art of poetry. The sequence \"Welsh Table Talk\" considers the unsaid, or unsayable, as a man, his daughter, and his daughter's friend sojourn on Bardsey Island in Wales with the father's female companion. The innocence and playful chatter of the children throw into sharp relief a desolate landscape and failed communication between the adults. \u003cbr\u003eIn the book's final section, Cherry considers translation, great art's grand sublimity, and the relation of poetry -- the divine tongue -- to the everyday world. Witty, poignant, wise, and joyous, \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e offers a masterful new collection from an accomplished poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Cherry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807150428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807150429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Kelly Cherry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926294462719,"sku":"9780807150429","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7666a75e-77ef-4d0e-98e9-47511baaf7bb.jpg?v=1681082272","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-and-death-of-kelly-cherry-9780807150429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}