{"product_id":"the-rest-of-love-carl-phillips-9780374529628","title":"The Rest of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStriking new poems from a writer whose lyric gift . . . outstrips all diversionary maneuvers. (Carol Moldaw, \u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe light, for as far as\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI can see, is that of any number of late \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eafternoons I remember still: how the light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eseemed a bell; how it seemed I'd been living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003einsider it, waiting - I'd heard all about \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat one clear note it gives. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--from Late Apollo III \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Rest of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, his seventh book, Carl Phillips examines the conflict between belief and disbelief, and our will to believe: Aren't we always trying, Phillips asks, to contain or to stave off facing up to, even briefly, the hard truths we're nevertheless attracted to? Phillips's signature terse line and syntax enact this constant tension between abandon and control; following his impeccable interior logic, passionately austere (Rita Dove, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003eBook World), Phillips plumbs the myths we make and return to in the name of desire-physical, emotional, and spiritual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rest of Love \u003c\/i\u003eis a 2004 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374529620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374529628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.52w x 0.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2005 pg. 24","brand":"Carl Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946556653823,"sku":"9780374529628","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3d701039-0835-4b5c-8d78-8893a2893e4a.jpg?v=1681513824","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rest-of-love-carl-phillips-9780374529628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}