{"product_id":"9780889844605","title":"The Essential Eugene McNamara","description":"\u003cp\u003eEugene McNamara's poetry ponders the textures and contradictions of his adopted city: Windsor, Ontario. Most comfortable in small, non-eloquent, delinquent, unpopular and wayward places, McNamara's poems display abiding empathy with the inhabitants of these locales, conveying raw emotion through deceptively simple lines in which `voices cry \u003ci\u003ewait\u003c\/i\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003ewe didn't want this\u003c\/i\u003e \/ and the wind slams the words \/ around the corners of the empty \/ buildings down the empty \/ streets.' The result is a selection offering poems of humility and grace  that empathize rather than intellectualize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Essential Poets Series presents the works of Canada's most celebrated poets in a package that is beautiful, accessible and affordable. \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Eugene McNamara\u003c\/i\u003e is the twenty-fourth volume in this increasingly popular series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eugene McNamara (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Porcupine's Quill |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2022-10-18","offer_id":44225413972223,"sku":"9780889844605","price":14.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_471474e5-fcbe-483a-ac41-cc5ca1af5caf.jpg?v=1692805479","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780889844605","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}