{"product_id":"the-god-of-loneliness-selected-and-new-poems","title":"The God of Loneliness: Selected and New Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilip Schultz  winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry  has been celebrated for his singular vision of the American immigrant experience and Jewish identity  his alternately fierce and tender portrayal of family life  and his rich and riotous evocation of city streets. His poems have found enthusiastic audiences among readers of Garrison KeillorsWriters Almanac  Slate  The New Yorker  and other publications. His willingness to face down the demons of failure and loss  in his previous book particularly  make him a poet for our times  a poet who can write If I have to believe in something \/ I believe in despair. Yet he remains oddly undaunted: sometimes  late at night \/ we  my happiness and I  reminisce \/ lifelong antagonists \/ enjoying each others company.  The God of Loneliness  a major collection of Schultzs work  includes poems from his five books (Like Wings Deep Within the Ravine  The Holy Worm of Praise  Living in the Past Failure) and fourteen new poems. It is a volume to cherish  from one of the least affected of American poets  and one of the fiercest (Tony Hoagland)  and it will be an essential addition to the history of American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968123203637,"sku":"ByrdShop_0547249659","price":228.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780547249650.jpg?v=1770646835","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-god-of-loneliness-selected-and-new-poems","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}