{"product_id":"once-in-the-west-poems-9780374535704","title":"Once in the West: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' 10 Favorite Poetry Books of 2014\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e015 Philosophical Society of Texas Award of Merit in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA searing new collection from one of our country's most important poets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemories mercies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emostly aren't\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut there were\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI swear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e days\u003cbr\u003eveined with grace \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--from \"Memory's Mercies\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce in the West\u003c\/i\u003e, Christian Wiman's fourth collection, is as intense and intimate as poetry gets--from the \"suffering of primal silence\" that it plumbs to the \"rockshriek of joy\" that it achieves and enables. Readers of Wiman's earlier books will recognize the sharp characterizations and humor--\"From her I learned the earthworm's exemplary open-mindedness, \/ its engine of discriminate shit\"--as well as his particular brand of reverent rage: \"Lord if I implore you please just please leave me alone \/ is that a prayer that's every instant answered?\" But there is something new here, too: moving love poems to his wife, tender glimpses of his children, and, amid the onslaughts of illness and fear and failures, \"a trace \/ of peace.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Wiman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books, including a memoir, \u003ci\u003eMy Bright Abyss\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eMeditation of a Modern Believer \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG, 2013); \u003ci\u003eEvery Riven Thing \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG, 2010), winner of the Ambassador Book Award in poetry; and \u003ci\u003eStolen Air: Selected \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems of Osip Mandelstam\u003c\/i\u003e. From 2003 to 2013, he was the editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. He currently teaches religion and literature at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School. He lives in Connecticut.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749288935698,"sku":"9780374535704","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13dae409-5271-4c6a-9203-4163e90d8493.jpg?v=1764075675","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/once-in-the-west-poems-9780374535704","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}