{"product_id":"magdalene-poems-9780393356038","title":"Magdalene: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eMagdalene\u003c\/em\u003e imagines the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene as a woman who embodies the spiritual and sensual, alive in a contemporary landscape--hailing a cab, raising a child, listening to news on the radio. Between facing the traumas of her past and navigating daily life, the narrator of \u003cem\u003eMagdalene\u003c\/em\u003e yearns for the guidance of her spiritual teacher, a Christ figure, whose death she continues to grieve. Erotic, spirited, and searching for meaning, she is a woman striving to be the subject of her own life, fully human and alive to the sacred in the mortal world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHowe, Marie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMarie Howe\u003c\/strong\u003e is the former poet laureate of New York and the author of three previous collections. \u003cem\u003eMagdalene\u003c\/em\u003e was longlisted for the National Book Award. Howe teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635137941778,"sku":"9780393356038","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_258071f7-6db5-44b8-9da6-a3d7e94d023f.jpg?v=1732834899","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/magdalene-poems-9780393356038","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}