{"product_id":"what-he-did-in-solitary-amit-majmudar-9780525656517","title":"What He Did in Solitary: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning poet reflects on what sustains us in a sundered world. With his dazzling ability to set words spinning, Amit Majmudar brings us poems that sharpen both wit and knives as he examines our \"life in solitary.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEqually engaged with human history and the human heart, Majmudar transfigures identity from a locus of captivity to the open field of his liberation. In pieces that include a stunning central sequence, \"Letters to Myself in My Next Incarnation,\" the poet is both the Huck and Jim of his own adventures. He is unafraid to face human failings: from Oxycontin addiction to Gujarat rioting, he examines--often with dark comedy--the fragility of the soul, the unchartability of pain, and the reasons we sing and grieve and make war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll-American and multitudinously alone, dancing in his confinement, Majmudar is a poet of exuberance and transcendence: \"What I love here, \/ Poems and women mostly, \/ I know you can't remember,\" he tells his future self. \"But they were worthy of my love.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amit Majmudar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525656510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525656517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 7.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 71","brand":"Amit Majmudar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991435084031,"sku":"9780525656517","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f522a8db-722d-44fc-93b4-26cfd847313b.jpg?v=1683310277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-he-did-in-solitary-amit-majmudar-9780525656517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}