{"product_id":"so-where-are-we-poems-paperback","title":"So Where Are We?: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"So where are we?\" asks Lawrence Joseph in the title poem of his powerful and moving sixth book of poetry. Beginning where his acclaimed collection\u003ci\u003e Into It \u003c\/i\u003eleft off, amid the worldwide violence unleashed by the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Joseph's poems--global and historic in scope--boldly encounter the imaginative challenges of our time: issues of political economy, labor and capital, racism and war, and \"the point at which \/ violence becomes ontology, \/ these endless ambitious experiments in destruction, \/ a species grief.\" Against these realities, Joseph presents an intimate, sensuous language of beauty and love, \"a separate \/ palette kept for each poem,\" a constant shifting and fluid play of sound and tone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith incisive intensity, intelligence, emotional force, and fierce, uncompromising vision, Joseph speaks from deep within the truths of poetry's common language. \u003ci\u003eSo Where Are We?\u003c\/i\u003e is extraordinary new work from one of our most distinctive poets.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five previous books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eInto It\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCodes, Precepts, Biases, and Taboos: Poems 1973-1993\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBefore Our Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the author of two books of prose: \u003ci\u003eLawyerland\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel, and \u003ci\u003eThe Game Changed: Essays and Other Prose\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the Tinnelly Professor of Law at St. John's University School of Law, and he has taught creative writing at Princeton. He is married to the painter Nancy Van Goethem and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726287860019,"sku":"9780374537715","price":23.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Nm1QSVR4eTdVb2pNSjBkQWNydnRTdz09.webp?v=1763733571","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/so-where-are-we-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}