{"product_id":"then-the-war-and-selected-poems-2007-2020","title":"Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThen the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCarl Phillips\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374607678\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFSG Adult\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"FSG Adult","offers":[{"title":"Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 | Carl Phillips | Paperback | 9780374607678 | New | Poetry 1525225","offer_id":48757670215832,"sku":"1525225","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/41KTmcc9IDL.jpg?v=1774237107","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/then-the-war-and-selected-poems-2007-2020","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}