{"product_id":"belmont","title":"Belmont","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBelmont\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eStephanie Burt\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781555976446\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eGraywolf Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e88\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new poetry collection by Stephen Burt, \"one of the most gifted poets of his generation\" (Frank Bidart)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*An NPR Best Book of 2013 * \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e Publishers Weekly \u003ci\u003eTop 10 Poetry Book of Spring 2013\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur skills are finally in demand.\u003cbr\u003eIf you mock us, Pan, \u003cbr\u003eIn whom we also believe, do it\u003cbr\u003eAs gently as you can.\u003cbr\u003e --from \"The People on the Bus\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBelmont\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Burt maps out the joys and the limits of the life he has chosen, the life that chose him, examining and reimagining parenthood, marriage, adulthood, and suburbia alongside a brace of wild or pretty alternatives: the impossible life of a girl raised by cats, the disappointed lives of would-be rock stars, and the real life to which he returns, with his family, in the town that gives the book its name, driving home in an ode-worthy silver Subaru. Can a life be invented the way a poem can? What does it mean for a precocious child, or a responsible grown-up, to depict the world we want? With wit, beauty, tenderness, and virtuosity, these poems define the precarious end of extended adolescence, and then ask what stands beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Belmont | Stephanie Burt | Paperback | 9781555976446 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks B 1756115","offer_id":49146957856920,"sku":"1756115","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81Zev4KmoVL.jpg?v=1779469756","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/belmont","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}