{"product_id":"heaven-poems-paperback","title":"Heaven: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRowan Ricardo Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Nicolás Guillén Outstanding Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Griffin International Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the PEN Open Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Poetry Collections of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of NPR's Best Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eFlavorwire's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Poetry Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Who the hell's heaven is this?\" Rowan Ricardo Phillips offers many answers, and none at all, in \u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e, the piercing and revelatory encore to his award-winning debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Ground\u003c\/i\u003e. Swerving elegantly from humor to heartbreak, from Colorado to Florida, from Dante's \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e to Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, from knowledge to ignorance to awe, Phillips turns his gaze upward and outward, probing and upending notions of the beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Feeling, real feeling \/ with all its faulty \/ Architecture, is \/ Beyond a god's touch\"--but it does not elude Phillips. Meditating on feverish boyhood, on two paintings by Chuck Close, on Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/i\u003e, on a dead rooster by the side of the road in Ohio, on an elk grazing outside his window, his language remains eternally intoxicating, full of play, pathos, and surprise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The end,\" he writes, \"like \/ All I've ever told you, is uncertain.\" Or, elsewhere: \"The only way then to know a truth \/ Is to squint in its direction and poke.\" Phillips--who received a 2013 Whiting Writers' Award as well as the PEN\/Joyce Osterweil Award--may not be certain, but as he squints and pokes in the direction of truth, his power of perception and elegance of expression create a place where beauty and truth come together and drift apart like a planet orbiting its star. The result is a book whose lush and wounding beauty will leave its mark on readers long after they've turned the last page.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRowan Ricardo Phillips \u003c\/b\u003eis also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ground\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2012). He is the recipient of a 2013 Whiting Writers' Award, the PEN\/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for Poetry, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752258896160,"sku":"9780374536220","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/928722cea8bb09cfdff3b11fd6d14aab.webp?v=1779991414","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/heaven-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}