{"product_id":"the-future-of-an-illusion-9798990767805","title":"The Future of an Illusion","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE FUTURE OF AN ILLUSION investigates the author's impending death as an aesthetic dilemma with ironic implications.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Future of an Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeous collection, delving into the essentials of life and death in a voice that is both intimate and ethereal. The refrains woven into the poems are subtly haunting. The depth of feeling swells into striking philosophical observations. Entwining strands of narrative, lyric, and meditation, \u003ci\u003eThe Future of an Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e feels completely at home in its own idiom, moving not in opposition to poetic conventions, but on another plane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to one book on aesthetics, \u003ci\u003eIn Theory, the poet has published three books of poetry: Pascal's Other Wager\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003e Bene-Diction\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of The Vassar Miller Prize, 2003), and \u003ci\u003eThe Failure of Grief\u003c\/i\u003e. Here's a few of the many magazines in which the author has appeared: \u003ci\u003eNew American Writing, Antioch Review, Paris Review, The Yale Review, Triquarterly, Pleiades, Mudfish, Gargoyle, Confrontation, and Hotel America\u003c\/i\u003e. The poet's academic degrees are from Duke University, The University of North Carolina, and The Writer's Workshop, University of Iowa. He has taught English at Virginia Tech, the U. of Iowa, the U. of Missouri at Columbia, the Kansas City Art Institute, and the U. of Missouri at Kansas City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Etruscan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635432063250,"sku":"9798990767805","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7ee4aa8d-59b5-44b7-982c-1be1222b7e5a.jpg?v=1759235493","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-future-of-an-illusion-9798990767805","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}