{"product_id":"odd-mercy-poems-0393316300","title":"Odd Mercy: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0393316300\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stern, Gerald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For over two decades, no one has equaled Stern's compassionate, surreal parables about the burden of and the exaltation at being alive.\"-Library Journal The centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled \"Hot Dog,\" named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In \"Hot Dog,\" and throughout, Stern wrestles with the issues-hope, memory, faith-that have always occupied him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51855967584544,"sku":"NEW0393316300","price":16.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71wh1KVJEUL.jpg?v=1781544590","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/odd-mercy-poems-0393316300","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}