{"product_id":"i-dont-believe-in-ghosts","title":"I Don't Believe in Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eI Don\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003et Believe in Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e come from Meduza, a collection Zeqo wrote roughly between 1970-1974, that challenged some of the core tenets of Albanian Socialist Realism.  After Zeqo had published a few cycles of poems from the book-in-progress, his work was denounced as \u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003ehermetic, with modern influences, dangerous, [and] foreign\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Albanian Communist Party, and the book was suppressed until 1995, after the collapse of the Albanian communist system.  Today, Zeqo lives with his wife, the prominent archaeologist Lida Miraj, in Tirana and works as a freelance writer and journalist.  In 2001, he was awarded one of Albania\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es highest honors--the order \u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eMjeshtër i Madh i Punës,\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e which roughly translates, “Important Master of His Field.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e “Great art is timeless, and there is plenty of it here.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e --West Branch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e “The Miracle of Death\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe miracle of death is precise like the law.\u003cbr\u003eOur bodies will decompose in their natural elements.\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps we\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003ell meet as underground streams,\u003cbr\u003eas humus and salt at the roots of a plant\u003cbr\u003ethat will flourish and open its petals,\u003cbr\u003eastounding everything with its anonymous beauty.\u003cbr\u003eOur bones will blossom . . . .\u003cbr\u003e                                                But the souls?\u003cbr\u003epoor aerial creatures, they\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003ell wander the clouds,\u003cbr\u003eforever separate and never whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2007\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":10115528005,"sku":"978-1-934414-01-9","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":10115524165,"sku":"978-1-934414-00-2","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/IDON_TBELIEVE.jpg?v=1527683277","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/i-dont-believe-in-ghosts","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}