{"product_id":"penitential-cries-9780811239820","title":"Penitential Cries","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhat labor to live forever. Speak of the elect what can you do in all this world so much life in the little of it. \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn four parts, Susan Howe's new book opens with the arresting long prose poem \"Penitential Cries,\" followed by a group of word-collages \"Sterling Park in the Dark,\" \"The Deserted Shelf,\" and finally a brief sparrow poem. Speaking of her new work written in \"the evening of life,\" Howe quotes Thomas Wyatt: \u003cem\u003eMy galley, chargèd with forgetfulness, \/ thorough sharp seas in winter nights doth pass\u003c\/em\u003e. She says: \"I love those two lines. Between trespass and penitence. In the wilderness of the Book Stack Tower inquiry is trespass. Now at eighty-seven,\" the poet adds, regarding \u003cem\u003ePenitential Cries\u003c\/em\u003e, \"I want to express my pilgrim's progress between rocks and paper places. The clock is ticking. It's getting late. Supper is on the table. Our father lies full fifty fathoms five. A storm is coming.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHowe, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Susan Howe has won the Bollingen Prize, the Frost Medal, and the Griffin Award. She is the author of such seminal works as \u003cem\u003eDebths\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMidnight\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmily\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDickinson\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuarry\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirthmark\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603337347346,"sku":"9780811239820","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8eea451-7770-4c4f-92ea-b978a57a6820.jpg?v=1757434851","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/penitential-cries-9780811239820","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}