{"product_id":"that-was-now-this-is-then-poems","title":"That Was Now, This Is Then: Poems","description":"\u003cdiv data-hook=\"description\" class=\"mb-8 title-description show-links\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant new collection from Vijay Seshadri, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003e3 Sections \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo one blends ironic intelligence, emotional frankness, radical self-awareness, and complex humor the way Vijay Seshadri does. In this, his fourth collection, he affirms his place as one of America's greatest living poets. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat Was Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is Then\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes on the planar paradoxes of time and space, destabilizing highly tuned lyrics and elegies with dizzying turns in poems of unrequitable longing, of longing for longing, of longing to be found, of grief. In these poems, Seshadri's speaker becomes the subject, the reader becomes the writer, and the multiplying refracted narratives yield an \"anguish so pure it almost \/ feels like joy.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note all event books will ship about a week after the event takes place. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/book-stamping\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/book-stamping\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1558193756111000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNE4SBzn1k3TNa_tCQWi89X-mAVqzQ\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/book-stamping\"\u003eGet your Book Stamped for Free\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollaborators: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVijay Seshadri\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(Author)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eItem Number: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781644450369\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MPS-ST. MARTIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44259299328222,"sku":"9781644450369","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/5132\/3102\/products\/thiswasthen-thatwasnow-book.jpg?v=1688622234","url":"https:\/\/klevu-trustpilot-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/that-was-now-this-is-then-poems","provider":"Klevu Demo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}