{"product_id":"9780547346458_the-incentive-of-the-maggot","title":"The Incentive Of The Maggot","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his prize-winning collection, Ron Slate seeks out the intersections of art, technology, and humanity with intelligence, wit, and fervor. His unique voice is informed by his world travels as a business executive. As Robert Pinsky writes in his introduction, Slate “brings together the personal and the global in a way that is distinctive, subtle, defying expectations about what is political and what is personal.” In Slate's words, \"Is this the end of the world? \/ No just the end \/ of the language that describes it.\" Recently published in The New Yorker, Slate has been praised by James Longenbach for his ability to “make the known world seem wickedly strange — a poetry that is utterly of the moment, our moment, because it sounds like nobody else.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePolitical Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e From the economic collapse in Argentina to the fall of the Peacock Throne in Iran, these poems navigate the fault lines of international power and history with a muscular, ironic eye.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoems of World Travel:\u003c\/b\u003e Written from the unique perspective of a business executive, Slate transforms experiences in Munich and Tokyo into stages for profound reflection on culture and conflict.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoems of an Adult:\u003c\/b\u003e A mature and unflinching look at the world, grappling with everything from a mother’s Holocaust survival to the difficult ambiguities of witnessing atrocity and survival.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAward-Winning Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e Winner of the prestigious Bakeless Prize, this collection is introduced by Robert Pinsky, who praises Slate for a voice that is \"distinctive, subtle, defying expectations.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ron Slate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132735144085,"sku":"9780547346458","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780547346458.png?v=1777422863","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780547346458_the-incentive-of-the-maggot","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}