{"product_id":"then-the-war-and-selected-poems-2007-2020-paperback-1","title":"Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 - 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\u003eCarl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Phillips \u003c\/b\u003elives in St. Louis, where he teaches at Washington University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.6 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728923881779,"sku":"9780374607678","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZGcrOFFKODlvVmRubXM0MUdaZEMyUT09_0eded5a5-245d-4de2-a407-63ee761cbf90.webp?v=1763794745","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/then-the-war-and-selected-poems-2007-2020-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}