{"product_id":"the-back-chamber-poems","title":"The Back Chamber: Poems","description":"The first full-length volume of poems in a decade by the former poet laureate of the United States\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Back Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e, Donald Hall illuminates the evocative, iconic objects of deep memory - a cowbell, a white stone perfectly round, a three-legged milking stool - that serve to foreground the rich meditations on time and mortality that run through his remarkable new collection. While Hall’s devoted readers will recognize many of his long-standing preoccupations - a baseball, the family farm, love, sex, and friendship - what will strike them as new is the fierce, pitiless poignancy he reveals as his own life’s end comes into view. \u003ci\u003eThe Back Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e is far from being death-haunted, but rather is lively, irreverent, erotic, hilarious, ironic, and sly - full of the life-affirming energy that has made Donald Hall one of America’s most popular and enduring poets.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Company","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42995978305616,"sku":"9780547645858B","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-back-chamber-poems","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}