{"product_id":"the-arsonists-letters-hardcover","title":"The Arsonist's Letters - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Tyrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprised of poetry written over the course of more than two decades, Michael Tyrell's The Arsonist's Letters reckons with a radically changing landscape, where \"infestations of coincidence\" overlap with \"reflective \/ tricks and rungless ladders,\" and increased surveillance meets the threat of looming extinction. Throughout, memorable historical and contemporary figures emerge: a cousin mistaken for the abducted Lindbergh child; a boy who must make a bargain to keep from starving in Mussolini's Italy; \"children [...] \/ who swear live inside them \/the entire populations of small countries.\" Including moving elegies for a dying mother and poems that puzzle over difficult family secrets, the collection also stands as a paean to correspondence itself, celebrating not only the near-lost art of letter writing but the spiritual necessity of the written message: \"You carry an unsent card in your coat like immunity papers\/ from one ruined place to another \/ where it is, at least, somehow, \/ always spring.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46234749763719,"sku":"9781954780170","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/50_k8-xAn59781954780170.webp?v=1792371058","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-arsonists-letters-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}