{"product_id":"fever-of-unknown-origin-poems-hardcover","title":"Fever of Unknown Origin: Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCampbell McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of profound and piercing poems from a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize about navigating the modern world in search of beauty that will endure\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFever of Unknown Origin \u003c\/i\u003eopens at a remote crossroads, where the speaker considers the intersection of history, beauty, and destruction: \"the past \/ is paper \/ and the present, a match . . .\" What follows is an urgent tour of landscapes--environmental, political, and personal--that reframes our perception of modern America and leads the reader into \"An empire of rags and photons\" where we must look to the past to clarify our futures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith sublime wit and a Whitmanian eye, McGrath delivers a stunning collection of warnings, love letters, and praise songs for all that manages to weather the perennial pressures of time: frog ponds, stadium rubble, and the endless cycle of seasons, which usher us deeper into an era we cannot yet know.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAMPBELL McGRATH is the author of eleven books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eNouns \u0026amp; Verbs: New and Selected Poems, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eXX: Poems for the Twentieth Century, \u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. His writing has been recognized with a MacArthur Foundation \"Genius Award,\" a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, and a United States Artists Fellowship. He lives with his wife in Miami Beach, and teaches in the MFA program at Florida International University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170856603783,"sku":"9780593535721","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6aac1348d42711ff989ca0a01d302ee7.webp?v=1733351199","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/fever-of-unknown-origin-poems-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}