{"product_id":"the-afterlife-of-objects-paperback","title":"The Afterlife of Objects - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Chiasson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth intensely personal and deeply rooted in recognizable events of personal, familial, or national significance, \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife of Objects\u003c\/i\u003e is a kind of dreamed autobiography. With poise and skill, Dan Chiasson divulges the enigmas of the mind of not just one individual but of an entire social world through a beautifully constructed poetic voice that issues from a kind of mythic childhood of our collective, tortured humanity. This sophisticated debut collection offers deceptively simple poems that evoke highly complex states of mind with a voice that has long been listening to the discordant music of contemporary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth intensely personal and rooted in recognizable events of American life, The Afterlife of Objects is a kind of dreamed autobiography. The enigmas of an individual mind become, in Dan Chiasson's poems, puzzles with wider social and historical significance. This sophisticated debut collection asks us to imagine our selves back into real life, evoking highly lyrical and pitched to the discordant music of contemporary life. Chiasson's poems provide one of the most poised and searching answers yet to Ralph Waldo Emerson's question, Where do we find ourselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Chiasson\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His poems have appeared in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares Slate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThreepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePartisian Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He was named Debut Poet by the New Yorker in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.6 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454522081458,"sku":"9780226103785","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2cc1616e37db8a626ff3af8eecc25ee3.webp?v=1778853341","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-afterlife-of-objects-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}