{"product_id":"the-promises-of-glass","title":"The Promises of Glass","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Promises of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e is New Directions' third book by Michael Palmer, acclaimed as the most significant experimental American poet of his generation. \u003ci\u003eThe Promises of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Palmer's first new collection since \u003ci\u003eAt Passages\u003c\/i\u003e (New Directions, 1995), contains seven sections: \"The White Notebook,\" \"The Promises of Glass,\" \"Q,\" \"Four Kitaj Studies,\" \"Five Easy Poems,\" \"In an X,\" and \"Tower.\" These gorgeous new poems explore language and the \"salt sea of autobiographies.\" His work also examines what Marjorie Perloff has described as \"the absurdist 'displacement by degrees' one experiences in the post-urban world of late twentieth-century America.\"","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833670316237,"sku":"9780811214438","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_1ca3170a-cf8f-4459-8e5b-6ed480f9092e.jpg?v=1790892763","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-promises-of-glass","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}