{"product_id":"inquest-9781945680830","title":"Inquest","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A blend of the low-rent sociology of Raymond Carver with the quirky imagination of Richard Brautigan.\"-Billy Collins\u003c\/b\u003eMichael McGriff's book-length poem Inquest is an oblique ode to Pablo Neruda's posthumous masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Questions\u003c\/i\u003e. Each sentence is rendered as an unanswerable query, be that a consideration of poverty, aesthetics, place, Ezra Pound's Chinese translations, the absurdity of everyday life, the exhumed body of Pablo Neruda, or the sanctity of common objects. Deeply surreal and humane, this collection centers unknowing and wonder as twin forces central to self-articulation, social witnessing, and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael McGriff is the author of six poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eInquest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAngel Sharpening its Beak\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEternal Sentences\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEarly Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHome Burial\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDismantling the Hills\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books include the linked story collection \u003ci\u003eOur Secret Life in the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with J.M. Tyree); an edition of David Wevill's essential writing, \u003ci\u003eTo Build My Shadow a Fire\u003c\/i\u003e; and a translation of Tomas Tranströmer's \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrow Gondola\u003c\/i\u003e. He co-directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Idaho.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"White Pine Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661472268562,"sku":"9781945680830","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dc63e7f3-e9cb-471c-b14b-5b15d07d0341.jpg?v=1760444978","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inquest-9781945680830","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}