{"product_id":"letters-to-a-stranger","title":"Letters to a Stranger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe searing collection, a cult favorite for decades, by the late Thomas James\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eI will last forever. I am not impatient--\u003cbr\u003eMy skin will wait to greet its old complexions.\u003cbr\u003eI'll lie here till the world swims back again.\u003cbr\u003e --from \"Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas James's \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e--originally published in 1973, shortly before James's suicide--has become one of the underground classics of contemporary poetry. In this new edition, with an introduction by Lucie Brock-Broido and four of James's poems never before published in book form, this fraught and moving masterpiece is at last available. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetters to a Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e is a new book in the Graywolf Poetry Re\/View Series, edited by Mark Doty, dedicated to bringing essential books of contemporary American poetry back into print.","brand":"Thomas James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68099343286423,"sku":"9781555975029","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/imageloader_a775b637-f39b-49b2-87b9-748ac578117d.jpg?v=1792480670","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/letters-to-a-stranger","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}