{"product_id":"9781555974367","title":"Look There : Selected Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLook There\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Agi Mishol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first publication in the United States of celebrated contemporary Israeli poet Agi Mishol, winner of the Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou are only twenty \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand your first pregnancy is an exploding bomb.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder your broad skirt you are pregnant with dynamite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand metal shavings. This is how you walk in the market . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                              —from \"Woman Martyr\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgi Mishol's poetry, written in the instability of contemporary Israel, is an astounding balancing act between brave utterance and comic revelation, stark reality and pure pleasure. The poet dreams of being married to Stephen Hawking; men, with all their brazen flaws, are loved, even admired; parents are mourned and remembered; the poet herself freezes in the spotlight of her own poetry reading; a suicide bomber disguised as a pregnant woman walks into a Jerusalem bakery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkillfully rendered from the Hebrew into English by Lisa Katz, \u003ci\u003eLook There\u003c\/i\u003e introduces American readers to a vital new poet, whose depth and verve have earned her an international reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Lannan Translation Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“In contemporary Israeli poetry, intense, white flames appear against the dark, burning background, whose smoke is greater than the fire. Those with eyes in their heads can see: Agi Mishol's poetry is one of the brightest of these flames.” —\u003ci\u003eDan Miron, Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew Literature, Columbia University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555974367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593883627726,"sku":"9781555974367","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_7eb1180b-d7bb-48d6-92de-7bca8fe33a2e.jpg?v=1637795585","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555974367","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}