{"product_id":"the-near-and-distant-world","title":"The Near and Distant World","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Near and Distant World\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBianca Stone\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781963108651\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eTin House\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\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\u003e112\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid, enthralling new collection of poems from the Vermont Poet Laureate and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWhat is Otherwise Infinite, The Möbius Strip Club of Grief, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSomeone Else's Wedding Vows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her latest, brilliant collection, Bianca Stone continues to explore and interrogate the full spectrum of life, from an unexpectedly intimate conversation with an internet technician in Brooklyn, to a deep dive into Greek mythology, psychoanalysis, and modern philosophy. \"I am thinking of what it means to be alive in this world,\" Stone muses, \"I want to get it not \u003ci\u003eright\u003c\/i\u003e but near.\" With her signature incisive perspective, Stone debates the paradoxes of finding one's own self amid parenthood, global change, and the constant press of mortality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these fifty-one poems, Stone seamlessly ties together allusions to Jordan Peele's \u003ci\u003eNope, \u003c\/i\u003eRilke's elegies, and other cultural touchstones to arrive at new revelations. With fluidity and wryness, she brings readers to the brink of psychic wounds, operatic dramas, and strange dreams, with a fresh narrative in the rich mytho-poetic tradition.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"The Near and Distant World | Bianca Stone | Paperback | 9781963108651 | New | Poetry 1724349","offer_id":48167410827416,"sku":"1724349","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71j8ZEQLshL.jpg?v=1771945818","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-near-and-distant-world","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}