{"product_id":"then-the-war-and-selected-poems-2007-2020-9780374607678","title":"Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new collection of poems from one of America's most essential, celebrated, and enduring poets, Carl Phillips's \u003ci\u003eThen the War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm a song, changing. I'm a light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003erain falling through a vast\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003edarkness toward a different\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003edarkness.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarl Phillips has aptly described his work as an \"ongoing quest\"; \u003ci\u003eThen the War\u003c\/i\u003e is the next step in that meaningful process of self-discovery for both the poet and his reader. The new poems, written in a time of rising racial conflict in the United States, with its attendant violence and uncertainty, find Phillips entering deeper into the landscape he has made his own: a forest of intimacy, queerness, and moral inquiry, where the farther we go, the more difficult it is to remember why or where we started. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThen the War\u003c\/i\u003e includes a generous selection of Phillips's work from the previous thirteen years, as well as his recent lyric prose memoir, \"Among the Trees,\" and his chapbook, \u003ci\u003eStar Map with Action \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, Phillips refuses pessimism, arguing for tenderness and human connection as profound forces for revolution and conjuring a spell against indifference and the easy escapes of nostalgia. \u003ci\u003eThen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe War \u003c\/i\u003eis luminous testimony to the power of self-reckoning and to Carl Phillips as an ever-changing, necessary voice in contemporary poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374607678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Phillips \u003c\/b\u003elives in St. Louis, where he teaches at Washington University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40899436118131,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_03649d57-7aca-49d2-92a1-83a1273f14e5.jpg?v=1690386644","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/then-the-war-and-selected-poems-2007-2020-9780374607678","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}