{"product_id":"odd-mercy-poems-9780393316308","title":"Odd Mercy: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gerald Stern\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe centerpiece of Gerald Stern's ninth collection is a long poem titled \"Hot Dog,\" named for a beautiful street woman who lives in and around Tompkins Square Park. Other characters in this poem are St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, Noah, Gerald Stern himself, and a ninety-year-old black preacher from the Midwest. In \"Hot Dog,\" and throughout, Stern wrestles with the issues--hope, memory, faith--that have always occupied him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408793559191,"sku":"9780393316308","price":1431.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780393316308.webp?v=1767310535","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/odd-mercy-poems-9780393316308","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}