{"product_id":"the-determined-days-poems-9781585670147","title":"The Determined Days: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable debut collection of poems in the tradition of Browning and Frost  The latest in the Sewanee Writers Series published by the Overlook Press  Philip Stephenss The Determined Days presents far-ranging urban and rural locales in the Midwest  the Ozarks  and northern California. In each of these bleak landscapes  Stephens introduces us to a host of unforgettable characters: a former gravedigger who believes ghosts stole his first-born; a young couple forced to stay the night at a motel run by a pornography-watching desk clerk; a woman haunted by a headless deer; a gang of railroad signalmen who get through their exhausting workdays by telling stories  arguing  and vying for what power they can gain in an indifferent world.  Throughout this stunning collection  characters tell tales to bring order to their disappointing and already-determined days. Ironic  sometimes tragic  and always provocative  The Determined Days is a startling reevaluation of the ideas of labor  life  and relationships--as well as the expectations of contemporary American poetry.  \"These vigorous  sometimes brutal  poems are famillialy related as well as indebted to Frosts blank verse.... Read as a whole--as they should be--the cumulative effect of this truly accomplished collections is powerful  disturbing  and authoritative. I am filled with admiration for Mr. Stephenss work.\"--Anthony Hecht\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67961043910709,"sku":"ByrdShop_1585670146","price":47.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781585670147.jpg?v=1794502499","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-determined-days-poems-9781585670147","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}