{"product_id":"the-city-our-city-paperback","title":"The City, Our City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWayne Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST FOR THE WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA breakout collection that showcases the voice of a young poet striking out, dramatically, emphatically, to stake his claim on \"the City\"--an unnamed, crowded place filled with gunmen, lovers, children, neighbors, builders, soldiers, professors, bouncers, and widowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this series of semi-mythologized, symbolic narratives interspersed with dramatic monologues, Wayne Miller presents a city laden with \"kisses in doorways, weapons \/ and sculptures, concerts \/ and fistfights, sex toys and votives, \/ engines and metaphors.\" And yet the City, both unidentifiable and readily familiar, is also a place where the human questions and observations found in almost any city--past, present, and future--ring out with urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems--in turn elegiac, celebratory, haunting, grave, and joyful--give hum to our modern experience, to all those caught up in the City's immensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.54 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771447181600,"sku":"9781571314451","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/92770b745b870d58523e129f162a5c90.webp?v=1780386713","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-city-our-city-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}