{"product_id":"star-dust-poems-9780374530334","title":"Star Dust: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2002, Frank Bidart published a sequence of poems, \u003ci\u003eMusic Like Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e, the first chapbook ever to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. From the beginning, he had conceived this sequence as the opening movement in a larger structure--now, with \u003ci\u003eStar Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, finally complete. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this profound and unforgettable new book, the dream beyond desire (which now seems to represent human destiny) is rooted in the drive to create, a drive tormented at every stage by failure, as the temporal being fights for its survival by making an eternal life. Bidart is a poet of passionate originality, and \u003ci\u003eStar Dust\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the forms of this originality continue to deepen and change as he constantly renews his contract with the idea of truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStar Dust\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Bidart's\u003c\/b\u003e most recent full-length collections of poetry are \u003ci\u003eDesire\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1997) and \u003ci\u003eIn the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965-90\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1990). He has won many prizes, including the Wallace Stevens Award. He teaches at Wellesley College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503274135826,"sku":"9780374530334","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_490c13b6-5d0e-4680-be9f-595f3efb860e.jpg?v=1730787069","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/star-dust-poems-9780374530334","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}