{"product_id":"fierce-elegy-1","title":"Fierce Elegy","description":"Peter Gizzi''s powerful new collection reminds us that the elegy is lament but also - as it has been for centuries - a work of loveIn Peter Gizzi''s powerful new collection, we find, in the poet''s words, that \"the elegy is a mode that can transform a broken heart in a fierce world into a fierce heart in a broken world.\" For Gizzi, ferocity can be reimagined as vulnerability, bravery and discovery, a braiding of emotional and otherworldly depth, \"a holding open.\" In Gizzi''s voice joy and sorrow make a complex ecosystem. One of our foremost practitioners of the lyric, Gizzi here extends his mastery of the form. In their quest for a lyric reality, these poems remind us that elegy is lament but also - as it has been for centuries - a mode of love poetry as well. \"This new poetry,\" Kamau Brathwaite has written about Gizzi, \"taking such care of temperature - the time \u0026amp; details of the world - meaning the space(s) in which we live - defining love in this way. Writing along the edge. A way of writing about hope.\"[sample poem]Creely Songall that is lovelyin words, evenif gone to piecesall that is lovelygone, all of itfor love andautobiographyas if I werewriting thishello, listenthe plan isthe body andall of it for lovenow in piecesall that is lovelyechoes stillin life \u0026amp; deathstill memorygardens openonto windowslovely, the charmthat mirrorsall that was, allthat is, lovelyin a song","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57299935035774,"sku":"NW9780819500687","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780819500687.jpg?v=1778524965","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/fierce-elegy-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}