{"product_id":"i-am-your-lifeguard-new-and-selected-poems","title":"I Am Your Lifeguard: New And Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Pure, Raw Power Of Language, Nobody In His Generation Comes Close To Charlie Smith (David Bottoms).Drawing On Nine Previous Collections And Including Nearly Fifty New Poems, Charlie SmithS I Am Your Lifeguard Marks The Return Of One Of Our Most Honest And Unorthodox Poets. The Poems In This Collection Expose Jagged Truths: Some Are Love Letters; Some Focus Our Attention On Beauty We May Have Otherwise Missed, Stepped Over Or Cast Aside; Some Tell Us Secrets We May Want To Carry In A Locket; Some Are XRay Readings Of Our Hearts; Some Are LaughOutLoud Funny; Some Are Quiet Revelations. Each One Is A Prism Through Which Smith Refracts And Reflects The Experience Of Consciousness, Such As No Nonsense, In Which He Writes That I Came \/ Away From Myself \/ Unstuck \/ And A Sort Of Translucent Orderliness \/ Like A Small Herd Of Gazelles \/ Entered My Mind. The Cascade Of Imagery, Observation, And Revelation That Characterizes SmithS Work Imbues The Collection With An Expansive, Radical Compassion. It Remind[S] Us . . . We DonT Really Know What Beauty Is Until WeVe Looked Hard At The Horror That Throws Beauty Into Bright Relief (David Kirby, New York Times Book Review). I Am Your Lifeguard Is Prophetic And Prescient, Exquisitely Descriptive Of What It Means To Be Human, And Astonishingly Attentive To Beauty Found Even In The Most Derelict Places. This Collection Is A Stunning Retrospective From An AwardWinning Writer Of Scalding Aortal Brilliance (New York Times Book Review).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953696096501,"sku":"DADAX1324118172","price":43.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71I_SN2mduL.jpg?v=1775497824","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/i-am-your-lifeguard-new-and-selected-poems","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}