{"product_id":"poetry-unbound","title":"Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Pádraig Ó. Tuama","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Mesmerizing, magical, deeply moving.” ―Elif Shafak\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpanding on the popular podcast of the same name from On Being Studios, Poetry Unbound offers immersive reflections on fifty powerful poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama’s appealing, unhurried reflections. With keen insight and warm personal anecdotes, Ó Tuama considers each poem’s artistry and explores how its meaning can reach into our own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing mainly on poets writing today, Ó Tuama engages with a diverse array of voices that includes Ada Limón, Ilya Kaminsky, Margaret Atwood, Ocean Vuong, Layli Long Soldier, and Reginald Dwayne Betts. Natasha Trethewey meditates on miscegenation and Mississippi; Raymond Antrobus makes poetry out of the questions shot at him by an immigration officer; Martín Espada mourns his father; Marie Howe remembers and blesses her mother’s body; Aimee Nezhukumatathil offers comfort to her child-self. Through these wide-ranging poems, Ó Tuama guides us on an inspiring journey to reckon with self-acceptance, history, independence, parenthood, identity, joy, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has wanted to try their hand at a conversation with poetry but doesn’t know where to start, Poetry Unbound presents a window through which to celebrate the art of being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45603985916144,"sku":"9781324035473","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":45603985948912,"sku":"9781324074809","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/9781324074809.jpg?v=1747799993","url":"https:\/\/shop.landmarkbooksellers.com\/products\/poetry-unbound","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}