{"product_id":"joy-in-service-on-rue-tagore-poems-hardcover","title":"Joy in Service on Rue Tagore: Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Muldoon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Is there any living poet with as skilled . . . an ear?\" (\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e). The answer resounds: Muldoon is a true original. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince his 1973 debut, \u003ci\u003eNew Weather\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Muldoon has created some of the most original and memorable poetry of the past half century. \u003ci\u003eJoy in Service on Rue Tagore\u003c\/i\u003e sees him writing with the same verve and distinction that have consistently won him the highest accolades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, from artichokes to zinc, Muldoon navigates an alphabet of image and history, through barleymen and Irish slavers to the last running wolf in Ulster. The search involves the accumulated bric-a-brac of a life, and a reckoning along the way of gains against loss. In the poet's skillful hands, ancient maps are unfurled and brought into focus--the aggregation of Imperial Rome and the dismantling of Standard Oil, the pogroms of a Ukrainian ravine and of a Belfast shipyard. Through modern medicine and warfare, disaster and repair, these poems are electric in their energy, while profoundly humane in their line of inquiry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Muldoon\u003c\/b\u003e was born in County Armagh in 1951. He now lives in New York. A former radio and television producer for the BBC in Belfast, he has taught at Princeton University for thirty-five years. He is the author of fourteen previous collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eMoy Sand \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGravel\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152175927431,"sku":"9780374614218","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8fe4066d944f3e65cdff88c3836c7e7e.webp?v=1733212218","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/joy-in-service-on-rue-tagore-poems-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}