{"product_id":"zion-square-maxim-d-shrayer-9781963475715","title":"Zion Square: poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The music rips the skein of being. The ghost is proudly silent.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA triumph of difference. Discordant and defiant.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxim D. Shrayer's voice speaks across generations. With a stubborn belief that poetry must be healing, Shrayer writes poems that break through boundaries and fears, accept defeat, and yearn for pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Biespiel\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e A Self-Portrait in the Year of the High Commission on Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe memories [Shrayer] carries burn in carefully crafted verses as if to contain his furies and his love. ... These are poems to savor and to learn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eRodger Kamenetz\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Missing Jew: Poems 1976-2022\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxim D. Shrayer's \u003cem\u003eZion Square\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of unabashed loyalties, outspoken in its political commitments, at moments bitingly satiric, at others, tender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eNatania Rosenfeld\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Bed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese haunted poems movingly try to make sense of our current world that is, Shrayer passionately reminds us, seeped in tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eYerra Sugarman\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e Aunt Bird\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxim D. Shrayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1963475712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963475715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Yehuda Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Maxim D. Shrayer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47201150075135,"sku":"9781963475715","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d51b8d7-1aba-4315-ade4-2188e7bd2f82.jpg?v=1756789025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zion-square-maxim-d-shrayer-9781963475715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}