{"product_id":"we-the-jury-wayne-miller-9781571315311","title":"We the Jury: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2022 Colorado Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA boy asks his father what it means to die; a poet wonders whether we can truly know another's thoughts; a man tries to understand how extreme violence and grace can occupy the same space. These are the questions Wayne Miller tackles in \u003cem\u003eWe the Jury\u003c\/em\u003e: the hard ones, the impossible ones.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom an academic dinner party disturbing in its crassness and disaffection to a family struggling to communicate gently the permanence of death, Miller situates his poems in dilemma. He faces moments of profound discomfort, grief, and even joy with a philosopher's curiosity, a father's compassion, and an overarching inquiry at the crossroads of ethics and art: what is the poet's role in making sense of human behavior? A bomb crater-turned-lake \"exploding with lilies,\" a home lost during the late-aughts housing crash--these images and others, powerful and resonant, attempt to answer that question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCandid and vulnerable, Miller sits with us while we puzzle: we all wish we knew what to tell our children about death. But he also pushes past this and other uncertainties, vowing--and inviting us--to \"expand our relationship \/ with Death,\" and with every challenging, uncomfortable subject we meet. In the face of questions that seem impossible to answer, \u003cem\u003eWe the Jury\u003c\/em\u003e offers not a shrug, but curiosity, transparency, a throwing of the arms wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571315314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571315311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/22\/2021 pg. 57","brand":"Wayne Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046624194815,"sku":"9781571315311","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af3701e8-9cfb-4c16-9b24-7d2959f79e7d.jpg?v=1684985573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-the-jury-wayne-miller-9781571315311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}