{"product_id":"9781780378008-commonplace-book-a","title":"A Commonplace Book","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaitreyabandhu’s first book-length poem, follows a year from the death of his Buddhist teacher while he navigates his own spiritual life and smarts at lost love. Part epyllion, part diary, it mingles tradition with innovation, comedy with tragedy, traversing the bardo between this life and the next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a commonplace book, you’d write a recipe, copy a proverb, jot down housekeeping advice, making a precious object out of ordinary things. Maitreyabandhu’s \u003cem\u003eCommonplace Book\u003c\/em\u003e, his first book-length poem, follows a year from the death of his Buddhist teacher while he navigates his own spiritual life and smarts at lost love. Part epyllion, part diary, it mingles tradition with innovation, comedy with tragedy, traversing the bardo between this life and the next. Maitreyabandhu is a Buddhist teacher and writer. His first book-length collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Crumb Road\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, and was followed by \u003cem\u003eYarn \u003c\/em\u003e(2015) and \u003cem\u003eAfter Cézanne\u003c\/em\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57194716004726,"sku":"9781780378008","price":9.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39866617_ab290fcc-bb08-4f01-bbbb-328e44d43b2e.jpg?v=1770268307","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781780378008-commonplace-book-a","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}