{"product_id":"in-the-kingdom-of-the-sea-monkeys-9780062110909","title":"In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"McGrath  is] a writer who could help save poetry from academia and get the rest of us reading it again.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the MacArthur \"Genius Grant\" and Kingsley Tufts Award winner Campbell McGrath, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eShannon\u003c\/em\u003e, comes \u003cem\u003eIn the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys\u003c\/em\u003e, an electric new collection of poetry. Writing in the poetic tradition of Walt Whitman, McGrath captivates with ironic romanticism as he lyrically explores the banality of the everyday--from the decay and transformation of the nation's cities to \"Shopping for Pomegranates at Wal-Mart on New Year's Day\"--in poems that entreat us to love what endures amid the detritus of American pop culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcGrath, Campbell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCampbell McGrath is the author of nine previous books, eight of them available from Ecco Press. He has received numerous prestigious awards for his poetry, including a MacArthur Foundation \"genius grant,\" and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has been published in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Harper's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker, Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, among other prominent publications, and his poetry is represented in dozens of anthologies. He teaches in the MFA program at Florida International University, and lives with his family in Miami Beach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317934952722,"sku":"9780062110909","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c2de343-7434-4b67-a67e-07e6d7a03b1b.jpg?v=1727543281","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-kingdom-of-the-sea-monkeys-9780062110909","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}