{"product_id":"the-government-lake-last-poems-9780062914712","title":"The Government Lake: Last Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe stunning  startling collection that is also the last work from a major poet  A woman named Mildred starts laying eggs after feathers from wild poultry begin coming down the chimney. A man becomes friends with a bank robber who abducts him and eventually rues his captors death. A baby is born transparent. James Tates work  filled with unexpected turns and deadpan exaggeration  fanciful and grave  mundane and transcendent  (New York Times) has been among the most defining and significant of our time. In his last collection before his death in 2015  Tates dark yet whimsical humor  his emotional acuity  and his keen ear for the absurd are on full display in prose poems that finely constructed and lyrical  surrealistic and provocative. With The Government Lake  James Tate reminds us why he is one of the great poets of our age and one of the true masters of the form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646939521077,"sku":"ByrdShop_0062914715","price":33.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780062914712.jpg?v=1781682446","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-government-lake-last-poems-9780062914712","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}