{"product_id":"a-long-time-to-be-gone-by-michael-mcfee-9780887486869","title":"A Long Time to Be Gone","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoems that discover enduring pleasures in the details of our everyday lives.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichael McFee’s twelfth collection of poetry explores challenging subjects— the realities of aging, the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the disappearance of Appalachian culture—in poems that discover enduring pleasures in the details of our everyday lives. It also includes vivid, lively, and imaginative responses to quirky words, a jazz standard, family members, celebrities, and several paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs one reader has said, “In his poems filled with quotidian experience, the objects of the material world shimmer with consequence: they are alight with attention—McFee’s, and through his art, ours. He is one of our best poets.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47602763366636,"sku":"9780887486869","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780887486869-a-long-time-to-be-gone.jpg?v=1778046962","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-long-time-to-be-gone-by-michael-mcfee-9780887486869","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}