{"product_id":"plundered-hearts-book-j-d-mcclatchy-9780804168755","title":"Plundered Hearts","description":"\u003cb\u003eA definitive selection of the elegant work by a poet at the forefront of American poetry for more than three decades.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With his first several books, J. D. McClatchy established himself as a poet of urbanity, intellect, and prismatic emotion, in the tradition of James Merrill, W. H. Auden, and Elizabeth Bishop--one who balances an exploration of the underworld of desire with a mastery of poetic form, and whose artistry reveals the riches and ruins of our \"plundered hearts.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now, opening with exquisite new poems--including the stunning \"My Hand Collection,\" a catalogue of art objects that steals up on the complexity of human touch, and a witty and profound poem entitled \"My Robotic Prostatectomy\"--this selection is a glorious full tour of McClatchy's career. It includes excerpts from the powerful book-length sequence \u003ci\u003eTen Commandments\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and his more recent works \u003ci\u003eHazmat\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and \u003ci\u003eMercury Dressing\u003c\/i\u003e (2009)--books that explored the body's melodrama, as well as the heart's treacheries, grievances, and boundless capacities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e All of his poems present a sumptuous weave of impassioned thought and clear-sighted feeling. He has been rightly hailed as a poet of \"ferocious alertness,\" one who elicits (says \u003ci\u003eThe New Leader\u003c\/i\u003e) \"the kind of wonder and joy we experience when the curtain comes down on a dazzling performance.\"","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50000714203409,"sku":"CIN080416875XVG","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50365560979729,"sku":"CIN080416875XG","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007442059537,"sku":"NIN9780804168755","price":26.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/080416875X.jpg?v=1751233373","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/plundered-hearts-book-j-d-mcclatchy-9780804168755","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}