{"product_id":"ideal-cities-9780061995187","title":"Ideal Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"These poems are so generous, so bright and sharp, so funny and winning, they feel immense.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Paul Guest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Erika Meitner is the new voice of intelligent and emotional poems. Good for poetry. Good for poetry lovers. Good for the rest of us, too.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Nikki Giovanni \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring themes of pregnancy, motherhood, ancestry, and life in the borderline slums of Washington, DC, the richly felt and adroit poetry of Erika Meitner's \u003cem\u003eIdeal Cities \u003c\/em\u003emoves, mesmerizes, and delights. The work of an important emerging voice in contemporary American poetry--a winner of the 2009 National Poetry Series Prize as selected by Paul Guest--\u003cem\u003eIdeal Cities \u003c\/em\u003egloriously perpetuates NPS's long-standing tradition of promoting exceptional poetry from lesser-known poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeitner, Erika:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eErika Meitner's poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe American Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e. She is an assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech and the author of \u003cem\u003eInventory at the All-night Drugstore\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844003926290,"sku":"9780061995187","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d15381da-8c2d-4e46-8cd4-32bcb417c7e5.jpg?v=1737306555","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ideal-cities-9780061995187","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}