{"product_id":"new-and-selected-poems-paperback","title":"New and Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie Howe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacterized by \"a radical simplicity and seriousness of purpose, along with a fearless interest in autobiography and its tragedies and redemptions\" (Matthew Zapruder, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e), Marie Howe's poetry transforms penetrating observations of everyday life into sacred, humane miracles. This essential volume draws from each of Howe's four previous collections--including \u003cem\u003eWhat the Living Do\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), a haunting archive of personal loss, and the National Book Award-longlisted \u003cem\u003eMagdalene\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), a spiritual and sensual exploration of contemporary womanhood--and contains twenty new poems. Whether speaking in the voice of the goddess Persephone or thinking about aging while walking the dog, Howe is \"a light-bearer, an extraordinary poet of our human sorrow and ordinary joy\" (Dorianne Laux).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Marie Howe\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marie Howe writes poems with a clarity that approaches sunlight, shining her gaze into underlit places.... Howe's gift is to render ordinary moments as bright epiphanies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Diana Whitney, \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Howe's work is deceptively simple.... Yet each poem displays a deep concentration and often a deep, barely concealed sorrow.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- David Starkey, \u003cem\u003eSanta Barbara Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A poetry of intimacy, witness, honesty, and relation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A smart, engrossing collection.... Readers of any religious background will find much that seems familiar in the modern-day everywoman who sees herself in the faces of a woman wearing a burka, a woman who longs for children and one who hails a taxi wearing a black suit and high heels.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Elizabeth Lund, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marie Howe is magic.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Jeannine Hall Gailey, \u003cem\u003eRumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In these powerful and accessible poems, Howe...seems to argue, loving the world, in spite and because of suffering, is life's great risk, and its reward.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Craig Morgan Teicher, NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Howe is a truth-teller of the first order. Fearless in presenting unfiltered experiences, she interweaves her simple, economical language into long, subordinated sentences, loose, enjambed couplets that spill compellingly down the page with near-invisible artistry.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eProvidence Sunday Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2025)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53336984289645,"sku":"9781324117674","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/n5SXMVVYks9781324117674.webp?v=1778922815","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/new-and-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}