{"product_id":"the-promises-of-glass-michael-palmer-9780811214438","title":"The Promises of Glass","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Promises of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e is New Directions' third book by Michael Palmer, acclaimed as the most significant experimental American poet of his generation. \u003ci\u003eThe Promises of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Palmer's first new collection since \u003ci\u003eAt Passages\u003c\/i\u003e (New Directions, 1995), contains seven sections: \"The White Notebook,\" \"The Promises of Glass,\" \"Q,\" \"Four Kitaj Studies,\" \"Five Easy Poems,\" \"In an X,\" and \"Tower.\" These gorgeous new poems explore language and the \"salt sea of autobiographies.\" His work also examines what Marjorie Perloff has described as \"the absurdist 'displacement by degrees' one experiences in the post-urban world of late twentieth-century America.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811214435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811214438\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 04\/17\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.35h x 6.32w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/21\/2000 pg. 83","brand":"Michael Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579610710271,"sku":"9780811214438","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b42ce83e-d070-4c92-a500-6e0ad9d2ecdf.jpg?v=1763875396","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-promises-of-glass-michael-palmer-9780811214438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}