{"product_id":"this-poor-book-a-poem-9781644453889","title":"This Poor Book: A Poem","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrated poet Fanny Howe's final book, a kaleidoscopic recasting of her twenty-first-century poems \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades, Fanny Howe has been our great poet of spirit and conscience, dislocation and bewilderment. In \u003ci\u003eThis Poor Book\u003c\/i\u003e, completed just before her death, she has gathered a selection of poems and excerpts from the last thirty years, including new and revised poems, and has arranged them into an astonishing singular poem. Across this brilliant reconfiguration of her work, we follow the poet as seeker, both faithful and foolish, searching for language and existence beyond the machines of economy, judgment, and war. Howe interrogates the contradiction and violence of the twenty-first century, the misbegotten experiences that have given rise to a culture of authority and adulthood rather than one of innocence and childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e​These spare lyrical shards move with a jagged but persistent direction--leading us between doubt and belief and toward Howe's enduring vision for a life of humility, justice, and imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fanny Howe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644453889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFanny Howe (1940-2025) was the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eLove and I\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Needle's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSecond Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award. She received the Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Fanny Howe \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48231953498269,"sku":"9781644453889","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a17a3426-bd19-449f-88fb-ec7ed0d83bae.jpg?v=1778578190","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/this-poor-book-a-poem-9781644453889","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}