{"product_id":"the-lions-peter-campion-9780226093109","title":"The Lions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Avalanche Ravine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust the warning light on a blue crane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust mountains. Just the mist that skimmed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethem both and bled to silver rain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elashing the condominiums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there it sank on me. This urge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto carve a life from the long expanse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo hold some ground against the surge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof sheer material. It was a tense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand persistent and metallic shiver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it stayed, that tremor, small and stark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas the noise of the hidden river\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efluming its edge against the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his second collection of poems, Peter Campion writes about the struggle of making a life in America, about the urge \"to carve a space\" for love and family from out of the vast sweep of modern life. Coursing between the political and personal with astonishing ease, Campion writes at one moment of his disturbing connection to the public political structure, symbolized by Robert McNamara (who makes a startling appearance in the title poem), then in the next, of a haunting reverie beneath a magnolia tree, representing his impulse to escape the culture altogether. He moves through various forms just as effortlessly, as confident in rhymed quatrains as in slender, tensed free verse. In \u003ci\u003eThe Lions\u003c\/i\u003e, Campion achieves a fusion of narrative structure and lyric intensity that proves him to be one of the very best poets of his generation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOther People\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Campion is a poet who knows that what a poet sees is nothing without a mixture of formal prowess and emotional insight.\"--David Biespiel, \u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Campion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226093107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226093109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 6.14w x 0.34d","brand":"Peter Campion","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086392144127,"sku":"9780226093109","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eec5d00e-d2eb-4657-be1b-e4e1887551f1.jpg?v=1769094417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lions-peter-campion-9780226093109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}