{"product_id":"pilgrim-bell","title":"Pilgrim Bell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*AN \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Selected as one of \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e''s 100 Must-Read Books of 2021**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Profound and singular, smart and sad and funny. . . We need Pilgrim Bell.'' TOMMY ORANGE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar''s second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of disavowal, fiercely attendant to the presence of divinity where artifacts of self and belonging have been shed. How does one recover from addiction without destroying the self-as-addict? And if living justly in a nation that would see them erased is, too, a kind of self-destruction, what does one do with the body''s question, \"what now shall I repair?\" Here, Akbar responds with prayer as an act of devotion to dissonance - the infinite void of a loved one''s absence, the indulgence of austerity, making a life as a Muslim in an Islamophobic nation - teasing the sacred out of silence and stillness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichly crafted and generous, \u003ci\u003ePilgrim Bell\u003c\/i\u003e''s linguistic rigour is tuned to the register of this moment and any moment. As the swinging soul crashes into its limits, against the atrocities of the American empire, and through a profoundly human capacity for cruelty and grace, these brilliant poems dare to exist in the empty space where song lives - resonant, revelatory, and holy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerica, I warn you, if you invite me into your home\u003cbr\u003eI will linger,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ekissing my beloveds frankly,\u003cbr\u003epulling up radishes\u003cbr\u003eand capping all your pens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are no good kings,\u003cbr\u003eonly burning palaces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-from ''The Palace''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Very few living writers write so achingly toward God as Kaveh Akbar . . . each of the poems in this collection finds its target'' LAUREN GROFF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57309876191614,"sku":"NW9781784743536","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/pilgrim-bell","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}