{"product_id":"9781324130659","title":"Exit Opera: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Poetry Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e“Kim Addonizio may be one of the most influential poets of the past few decades.” —\u003cem\u003ePreposition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA new volume by acclaimed poet Kim Addonizio, whose work is known for its streetwise, unflinching explorations of love, lust, and mortality.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in locations from dive bars to Montparnasse Cemetery, from an ancient Greek temple to a tourist shop in Assisi, \u003cem\u003eExit Opera\u003c\/em\u003e explores the ever-vexing issues of time, mortality, love, and loss, and considers the roles of art and human connection. Whatever their nominal subject—jazz, zombies, Buddhism, Siberian tigers—these poems make for a compelling mix of humor and pain, difficulty and solace. In a nod to Keats, one of the many fellow travelers in these poems, Addonizio invites us to “[inscribe] a few verses on whatever water \/ you can find” and assures readers that they are not alone in navigating the challenges and changes of mortal life. As she writes in “My Opera”:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe staging is difficult. Exploding stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eare involved, high-redshift galaxies, interior chambers,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ea little country blues, a little jazz guitar, a jam jar containing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ea tiny ocean \u0026amp; a tinier rowboat rocking gently in the swells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethat I am steering toward you in the dark.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43182591672381,"sku":"9781324130659","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781324130659_p0.jpg?v=1778760417","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781324130659","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}