{"product_id":"nothing-by-design-0385349793","title":"Nothing by Design","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0385349793\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Salter, Mary Jo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful collection of verse--both light and dark, elegiac and affirmative--from one of our most admired poets.The title Nothing by Design is taken from Salters villanelle Complaint for Absolute Divorce, in which were asked to entertain the thought of a no-fault universe. The wary search for peace, personal and public, is a constant theme in poems as varied as Our Friends the Enemy, about the Christmas football match between German and British soldiers in 1914; The Afterlife, in which Egyptian tomb figurines labor to serve the dead; and Voice of America, where Salter returns to the Saint Petersburg of her exiled friend, the late Joseph Brodsky. A section of charming light verse serves as counterpoint to another series entitled Bed of Letters, in which Salter addresses the end of a long marriage. Artfully designed, with a highly intentional music, these poems movingly give form to the often unfathomable, yet very real, presence of nothingness and loss in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67956830765344,"sku":"NEW0385349793","price":25.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71aaAEpGFIL.jpg?v=1792847699","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/nothing-by-design-0385349793","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}