{"product_id":"on-poetry-culture-and-democracy","title":"On Poetry, Culture, and Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Pinsky belongs to that rarest category of talents, a poet-critic.\"--Robert Lowel\u003c\/b\u003el \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo important books of criticism by the Pulitzer Prize finalist and former U.S. poet laureate--now combined in a single volume with a new preface by the author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Robert Pinsky, poetry's individual, human scale as a fundamentally vocal medium--with poems brought to life by one person at a time--gives poetry a unique importance in American and democratic culture and society. This book brings together two compelling works of criticism by the former poet laureate--\u003ci\u003eThe Situation of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDemocracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he makes a passionate and eloquent case for the vital role of poetry in a democracy.","brand":"Robert Pinsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44398238761002,"sku":"9780691278254","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/on-poetry-culture-and-democracy-3359312.jpg?v=1779769387","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/on-poetry-culture-and-democracy","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}