{"product_id":"the-way-it-is-new-and-selected-poems","title":"Way It Is (Stafford - paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: William Stafford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781555972844\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection\u003c\/strong\u003e: Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Stafford (1914-1993) was an earnest, perceptive, and often affecting American poet who filled his life and ours with poetry of challenge and consolation. \u003cem\u003eThe Way It Is: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e gathers unpublished works from his last year, including the poem he wrote the day he died, as well as an essential and wide-ranging selection of works from throughout his career. The poems in \u003cem\u003eThe Way It Is\u003c\/em\u003e encompass Stafford's rugged domesticity, the political edge of his irony, and his brave starings-off into emptiness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43580921741536,"sku":"Books:9781555972844n","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/71X8_xVS97L._SL1500.jpg?v=1779482133","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/the-way-it-is-new-and-selected-poems","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}