{"product_id":"9781555972639","title":"From the Devotions : Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Devotions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Carl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eFrom the Devotions\u003c\/i\u003e, Carl Phillips takes us even further into that dangerous space he has already made his own, where body and soul--ever restless--come explosively together. Speaking to a balance between decorum and pain, he offers here a devotional poetry that argues for faith, even without the comforting gods or the organized structures of revealed truth. Neither sage nor saint nor prophet, the poet is the listener, the mourner, the one who has some access to the maddening quarters of human consciousness, the wry Sibyl. \u003ci\u003eFrom the Devotions\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply felt, highly intelligent, and unsentimental, and cements Phillips's reputation as a poet of enormous talent and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“In his extraordinary new book of poems, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Devotions\u003c\/i\u003e, by far his best, Carl Phillips has done what few of his contemporaries have dared or managed with as much elegant authority. He has plotted here the romantic landscape of desire. Myths are unsheathed and glisten. History is held and pondered. Violence shimmers, desires are silhouetted against the light of love and death. His tone is at once erotic and mystical, hushed and compelling. This book is a blessing, a ravishing, a haunting. I urge you to read it--to succumb to it.” —\u003ci\u003eJ.D. McClatchy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555972639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593461412046,"sku":"9781555972639","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_420a7513-2dec-4963-a729-613530822551.jpg?v=1637788569","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555972639","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}