{"product_id":"steeplechase-poems-9780822967651","title":"Steeplechase: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eIncluded in \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e's Most Anticipated Poetry of 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteeplechase \u003c\/i\u003eexplores multiple landscapes, including Mississippi and its many church steeples; countries known and unknown; cities and inhabitants both aspirational and lost. Its voice is humorous, bewildered, disillusioned, hopeful. The book's temporal setting is the two years of extra life granted a partner after catastrophic illness and surgery: love's last compelling season.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 6.10w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822967651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Ball\u003c\/b\u003e's poems, translations, and essays have appeared in\u003ci\u003e Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ploughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e North American Review, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Field\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Colorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bennington Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eTalking Pillow\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of an Individual Artist's Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, she teaches in the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, where she lives with her dogs, Miss Bishop and Boy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Angela Ball \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792932028573,"sku":"9780822967651","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e6065514-7c51-4a34-8605-6553f71c4fbd.jpg?v=1774984929","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/steeplechase-poems-9780822967651","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}