{"product_id":"our-lady-of-the-ruins-poems-9780393086430","title":"Our Lady of the Ruins: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2011 Barnard Women Poets Prize, \u003cem\u003eOur Lady of the Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e tracks a group of women through their pilgrimage in a mid-apocalyptic world. Exploring war, plagues, and the search for a new God in exile, these poems create a chorus of wanderers haunted by empire, God, and personal trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003efrom \"Hysteria: A Requiem\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eNow, in the last world, we bury nightingales\u003cbr\u003e beneath the floor.\u003cbr\u003e Trackers with their ears to the ground listen\u003cbr\u003e for angels approaching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Where is the saint, mortally torn and wearing a\u003cbr\u003e hood of stars, \u003cbr\u003e bearing her own redemption?\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrimhall, Traci:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eTraci Brimhall\u003c\/b\u003e's first book, \u003ci\u003eRookery\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the ForeWord Book of the Year Award. A doctoral student at Western Michigan University, she lives in Kalamazoo.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565804917010,"sku":"9780393086430","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96f4eaa4-b061-4631-8707-4847ebb03c16.jpg?v=1731888487","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/our-lady-of-the-ruins-poems-9780393086430","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}