{"product_id":"that-kind-of-happy","title":"That Kind of Happy","description":"\u003ci\u003eOctober Aubade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If I slept too long, forgive me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A north wind quickened the window frames\u003cbr\u003e so the room pitched like a moving train\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and the pillow’s whiff of hickory\u003cbr\u003e and shaving soap conjured your body\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e beside me. So I slept in the berth\u003cbr\u003e as the train chuffed on, unburdened\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e by waking’s cold water, ignorant\u003cbr\u003e of pain, estrangement, hunger and      \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e the crucial fuel the boiler burned  \u003cbr\u003e to keep the minutes’ pistons churning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e while I slept. Forgive me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat Kind of Happy\u003c\/i\u003e, the long-awaited second collection by award-winning poet Maggie Dietz, explores the sharp, profound tension between a disquieted inner life and quotidian experience. Central to the book are poems that take up two major life events: becoming a mother and losing a father within a short stretch of time. Here, at the intersection of joy and grief, of persistence and attrition, Dietz wrestles with the questions posed by such conflicting experiences, revealing a mind suspicious of quick fixes and dissatisfied with easy answers. The result is a book as anguished as it is distinguished.","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54016473661784,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780226349398_8c2b9719-ff7c-41dd-bcdb-35013a0ce214.jpg?v=1769757318","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/that-kind-of-happy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}