{"product_id":"the-second-o-of-sorrow","title":"The Second O of Sorrow","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2019 Paterson Poetry Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2019 Housatonic Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSean Thomas Dougherty celebrates the struggles, the dignity, and the joys of working-class life in the Rust Belt. Finding delight in everyday moments—a night at a packed karaoke bar, a father and daughter planting a garden, a biography of LeBron James as a metaphor for Ohio—these poems take pride in the people who survive despite all odds, who keep going without any concern for glory, fighting with wit and grace for justice, for joy, every god damned day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFrom \"The Second O of Sorrow\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI breathe the dirty East Side wind\u003cbr\u003epushing past the Russian church, the scent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eof fish \u0026amp; freighters \u0026amp; the refinery\u003cbr\u003efilling the hole in my chest—how many years\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehave piled since I last stumbled out onto the ice\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; sat down to die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly to look up at the geometry\u003cbr\u003eof sky—\u0026amp; stood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eto face whoever might need me—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eTHE SECOND O OF SORROW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bm-reviews\" data-isbn=\"9781942683551\" data-width=\"auto\" data-link=\"true\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The poems of Sean Thomas Dougherty will bless the inside of your home with rain, mist, thunder, the laughter of children, overgrown wild flowers; and make you grateful for this sublime inconvenience.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Roger Bonair-Agard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Sean Thomas Dougherty’s poems are singing knives that cut your heart so that it beats again!” \u003cstrong\u003e—Phil Metres\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Every poem Sean Thomas Dougherty writes is holy, a psalm for the damned.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Sheryl St. Germain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublication Date: April 10, 2018\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-942683-55-1\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45892104841,"sku":"9781942683551","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/TheSecondOofSorrow_FC.jpg?v=1527683607","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/the-second-o-of-sorrow","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}