{"product_id":"up-late-poems-hardcover","title":"Up Late: Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Laird\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReeling in the face of collapsing systems, of politics, identity, and the banalities and distortions of modern living, Nick Laird confronts age-old anxieties, questions of aloneness, friendship, the push and pull of daily life. These poems transport us from a clifftop in Ireland's County Cork to a bench in New York's Washington Square, from a face-off between Freud and Michelangelo's \u003cem\u003eMoses\u003c\/em\u003e to one between the poet and a squirrel in a London garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the book's heart lies the Forward Prize-winning title sequence, a profound meditation on a father's dying at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The reverberations of this knockout poem echo through the volume in its interrogations of inheritance and legacy, illness and justice, accounts of what is lost and what, if anything, can be retained. Amid rage, grief, and the conflagration of reality, Laird finds tenderness in the moments of connection that grow between the cracks and offers glimpses into the unadulterated world of childhood, where everything is still at stake and infinite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAstonishing in its emotional range and intellect, \u003cem\u003eUp Late\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful volume from an \"exceptionally gifted poet\" (Paul Muldoon, \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Nick Laird\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nick Laird's dazzling poems arrive with a kind of revolutionary candor; a truth-telling that's political, existential, and above all, emotional.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Terrance Hayes, author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Nick Laird is] a true master, a poet courageous and capable enough to sing loss and shame, humor and praise as if it is all part of the very same song.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Tracy K. Smith, author of \u003cem\u003eSuch Color\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759052095776,"sku":"9781324065449","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f375c276e4088c3b777e64ede25589da.webp?v=1780141643","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/up-late-poems-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}