{"product_id":"with-my-back-to-the-world-poems-1","title":"With My Back to the World: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award and the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKingsley Tufts Poetry Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Best Poetry Collections of the Year by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of poetry inspired by the work of Agnes Martin, exploring topics of feminism, art, depression, and grief, by the author of the prizewinning collection \u003ci\u003eObit\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYesterday I slung my depression on my back and went to the museum. I only asked four attendants where the Agnes painting was and the fifth one knew. I walked into the room and saw it right away. From afar, it was a large white square.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith My Back to the World\u003c\/i\u003e engages with the paintings and writings of Agnes Martin, the celebrated abstract artist, in ways that open up new modes of expression, expanding the scope of what art, poetry, and the human mind can do. Filled with surprise and insight, wit and profundity, the book explores the nature of the self, of existence, life and death, grief and depression, time and space. Strikingly original, fluidly strange, Victoria Chang's new collection is a book that speaks to how we see and are seen.","brand":"Victoria Chang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46477862830316,"sku":"9780374615970","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780374615970.jpg?v=1748058544","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/with-my-back-to-the-world-poems-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}