{"product_id":"fierce-elegy-9780819500687","title":"Fierce Elegy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Gizzi's powerful new collection reminds us that the elegy is lament but also--as it has been for centuries--a work of love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Gizzi has said that \"the elegy is a mode that can transform a broken heart in a fierce world into a fierce heart in a broken world.\" For Gizzi, ferocity can be reimagined as vulnerability, bravery and discovery, a braiding of emotional and otherworldly depth, \"a holding open.\" In Gizzi's voice joy and sorrow make a complex ecosystem. In their quest for a lyric reality, these poems remind us that elegy is lament but also--as it has been for centuries--a work of love. \"This new poetry,\" Kamau Brathwaite has written about Gizzi, \"taking such care of temperature--the time \u0026amp; details of the world--meaning the space(s) in which we live--defining love in this way. Writing along the edge. A way of writing about hope.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e[sample poem] \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreely Song\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eall that is lovely \u003cbr\u003ein words, even \u003cbr\u003eif gone to pieces \u003cbr\u003eall that is lovely \u003cbr\u003egone, all of it \u003cbr\u003efor love and \u003cbr\u003eautobiography \u003cbr\u003eas if I were \u003cbr\u003ewriting this\u003cbr\u003ehello, listen \u003cbr\u003ethe plan is \u003cbr\u003ethe body and \u003cbr\u003eall of it for love \u003cbr\u003enow in pieces \u003cbr\u003eall that is lovely \u003cbr\u003eechoes still \u003cbr\u003ein life \u0026amp; death \u003cbr\u003estill memory \u003cbr\u003egardens open \u003cbr\u003eonto windows \u003cbr\u003elovely, the charm \u003cbr\u003ethat mirrors \u003cbr\u003eall that was, all \u003cbr\u003ethat is, lovely \u003cbr\u003ein a song\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePETER GIZZI lives and works in Western Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618252493074,"sku":"9780819500687","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fdc59a22-459f-46f8-b5a3-09870d49fe46.jpg?v=1732529285","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fierce-elegy-9780819500687","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}