{"product_id":"9780252068621-chance-ransom-poems","title":"Chance Ransom","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePOEMS\u003cbr\u003eWinner of Poetry's Frederick Bock Prize and the Indiana Review Poetry Prize, the author casts a wide net over the \"ineffable befuddlement\" of everyday life. This book explores the shifting shore between self and other with clarity and compassion.\u003cbr\u003eWinner of Poetry's Frederick Bock Prize and the Indiana Review Poetry Prize, Kevin Stein casts a wide net over the \"ineffable befuddlement\" of everyday life. His poems render history's chance larder of the consecrated and profane from which we ransom our fate.\u003cbr\u003e Often improvisational and always lyrical, Stein's poems move effortlessly through the art of Beckmann and Degas, the music of Bob Marley and garage bands, and the pathos of cancer patients, factory workers, and victims of bigotry. Insightful and refreshingly unaffected, \u003ci\u003eChance Ransom\u003c\/i\u003e explores the shifting shore between self and other with clarity and compassion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55420571550070,"sku":"9780252068621","price":13.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33651462.jpg?v=1748560352","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780252068621-chance-ransom-poems","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}