{"product_id":"i-9798986780382","title":"I.","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA masterful long poem from one of our great American poets.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald Stern’s long poem \u003cem\u003eI.\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary and wild compilation of poetic modes, moods, and registers—meandering and focused, hallucinatory and concrete, deranged and deeply ecstatic. Inspired by the sight of a derelict synagogue on the Lower East Side, \u003cem\u003eI.\u003c\/em\u003e is an intrinsically New York poem, concerned with shifting structures of place and identity in the face of time and rapid change. Though first written in the late aughts, Stern’s brazen, mischievous politicality and blasphemous spirituality, refracted through the biblical book and prophetic character of Isaiah, feel particularly relevant to the present moment. Intertextual, critical, at times jubilant and derisive, \u003cem\u003eI.\u003c\/em\u003e brims with Stern’s idiosyncratic mix of high intellect and chthonic populism.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book features Stern’s original introduction, as well as a foreword and afterword written by poet-luminaries Ross Gay and Alicia Ostriker.","brand":"Gerald Stern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48542603935995,"sku":"9798986780382","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_76e406f4-bf2c-48ee-8126-49289101ffd8.jpg?v=1774143506","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/i-9798986780382","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}