{"product_id":"what-the-living-do-poems-9780393318869","title":"What the Living Do: Poems","description":"Informed by the death of a beloved brother, here are the stories of childhood, its thicket of sex and sorrow and joy, boys and girls growing into men and women, stories of a brother who in his dying could teach how to be most alive. \u003cem\u003eWhat the Living Do\u003c\/em\u003e reflects \"a new form of confessional poetry, one shared to some degree by other women poets such as Sharon Olds and Jane Kenyon. Unlike the earlier confessional poetry of Plath, Lowell, Sexton et al., Howe's writing is not so much a moan or a shriek as a song. It is a genuinely feminine form . . . a poetry of intimacy, witness, honesty, and relation\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHowe, Marie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMarie Howe\u003c\/strong\u003e is the former poet laureate of New York and the author of three previous collections. \u003cem\u003eMagdalene\u003c\/em\u003e was longlisted for the National Book Award. Howe teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615595270418,"sku":"9780393318869","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_04c193a1-931b-465b-b54f-a439386c7d01.jpg?v=1737287078","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-the-living-do-poems-9780393318869","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}