{"product_id":"9781555976309","title":"Crave Radiance : New and Selected Poems 1990-2010","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCrave Radiance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Elizabeth Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first career retrospective by the award-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander, now available in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe crave radiance in this austere world,\u003cbr\u003elight in the spiritual darkness.\u003cbr\u003eLearning is the one perfect religion,\u003cbr\u003eits path correct, narrow, certain, straight.\u003cbr\u003e                                       \u003c\/i\u003e—from \"Allegiance\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver twenty years, Elizabeth Alexander has become one of America's most exciting and important poets, and her selection as the inaugural poet by President Barack Obama confirmed her place as one of the indispensable voices of our time. \u003ci\u003eCrave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990–2010 \u003c\/i\u003egathers twenty pages of new poetry, along with generous selections from her previous work. The result is the definitive volume to date by this American master.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Alexander is an unusual thing, a sensualist of history, a romanticist of race. She weaves biography, history, experience, pop culture and dream. Her poems make the public and private dance together.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555976309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40626113446094,"sku":"9781555976309","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_0a116f10-951d-455f-9723-e0935b0aabdc.jpg?v=1638667673","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555976309","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}