{"product_id":"the-nature-of-things-fragile-9781641773652","title":"The Nature of Things Fragile","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature of Things Fragile\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Vertacnik \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edepicts a world fraught with vulnerability \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand loss. Utilizing a wide range of both \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereceived and nonce poetic forms, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esonnets, villanelles, triolets, a sestina, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eepigrams, blank verse, and word-count, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe confronts the illnesses and deaths of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eloved ones, both recent and long past \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(“Face Value,” “Odd Elegy,” “Trace,”); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe memories of old houses and towns \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eleft behind (“Departure,” Sugar Beets,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Mourning Doves”); and the vanishing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof once-ubiquitous analog particulars \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(“Apology to Candles,” “Dial Tone,” “In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraise of Blank Cassettes”). It is indeed a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebook of elegies, but one that also celebrates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe people, places, and things it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elaments, preserving their names and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edetails while laying them to rest. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Things Fragile\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof the twenty-third New Criterion \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoetry Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Vertacnik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48170262331643,"sku":"9781641773652","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c512c662-99c7-4180-8f9d-3fa91a60eb31.jpg?v=1770639504","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-nature-of-things-fragile-9781641773652","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}