{"product_id":"colosseum-poems-paperback","title":"Colosseum: 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\u003eKatie Ford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe visceral new work by Katie Ford, whose poems \"possess the veiled brilliance of stained glass windows seen at night\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you respect the dead\u003cbr\u003eand recall where they died\u003cbr\u003eby this time tomorrow\u003cbr\u003ethere will be nowhere to walk.\u003cbr\u003e --\"Earth\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith gravity and resplendence, \u003ci\u003eColosseum\u003c\/i\u003e confronts ruin in the ancient world and in the living moment, from historical accounts and from firsthand experience. Displaced from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Katie Ford returns this powerful report attesting to the storm's ferocity and its aftershock. Ford examines other catastrophes--those biblical, obscured by time, and those that play out daily, irrefutably, in the media. \u003ci\u003eColosseum\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential, moving book in its insistence that our fates are intertwined and that devastation does not discriminate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Ford\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDeposition\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e. She has taught at Loyola University, Reed College, and now at Franklin and Marshall College. She lives in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8.46 x 6.61 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353474973945,"sku":"9781555975012","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/CD8-S2LHy79781555975012.webp?v=1769824936","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/colosseum-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}