{"product_id":"pyrrhic-symphony-9781496247919","title":"Pyrrhic Symphony","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Raz\/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePyrrhic Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e, the speaker asks, \"Should a poem be the pill or the pharmacy?\" And the book replies: Why not both? It ails and wails, blooms and wilts, but always breathes, just as anyone reading this does. Part siren songs, part torch songs, \u003ci\u003ePyrrhic Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e sings wry lullabies for apocalypses public, personal, and politic, moving from cruise ships to Krakatoa, from a dentist's office to a marriage as it explores how love, family, community, and art can function in the face of an increasingly hostile climate. And in lamenting how \"all I ever wanted from love \/ was that it never change,\" the feverish speaker goes toe-to-toe with the nurse who watches over him as they encounter and recount a world of late capitalist excess. By turns ecstatic and demonic, tender and terrifying, \u003ci\u003ePyrrhic Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e stands as an act of musical witness and cautious hope in this age of corrupted wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam O. Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496247919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam O. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIndex of Haunted Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Poetry Prize. He is a recipient of the 2022 Poetry International Prize and the 2016 George Bogin Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAGNI\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. Davis is cocreator and host of the podcast \u003ci\u003ePoetry Goes to the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, and of its digital collection for the Poetry Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Adam O. Davis \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48910023426205,"sku":"9781496247919","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2116a027-1db1-4fa8-b7f3-5babed96318f.jpg?v=1789455646","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/pyrrhic-symphony-9781496247919","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}