{"product_id":"9780593979341","title":"I'm Always Looking Up and You're Jumping","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 13 APRIL \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e2027\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply moving poetry collection about grief, love, and the heavens and hells we create on earth, from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's Always This Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour heartbreak may one day grow wide as a desert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhere nothing survives, but consider this: elsewhere, a child drowns in wonder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter the publication of two award-winning essay collections, Hanif Abdurraqib makes his long-awaited return to poetry to mine the aftermath of a spiritual crisis: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if life after this one is heavenless? How might I live differently if I can find small heavens on this flawed, faulty earth?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn poems of illuminating curiosity, Abdurraqib turns his attention to the sublime beauty in ordinary life. From the man who lifts his window shade for a crying baby on an airplane, to the grandmother who makes and unmakes her absent grandson's bed every morning, to his friend's young daughter who decides to devote herself to a newfound love of ants, Abdurraqib attends to life's simple pleasures - while also refusing to ignore the hells that we have created on earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm Always Looking Up And You're Jumping,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003emaster poet Hanif Abdurraqib crafts a devastating yet uplifting reflection of the essential contradictions that come with the experience of being human - the immense pain and suffering we feel and inflict upon others and the overwhelming goodness that exists within all of us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abdurraqib, Hanif","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67857713627390,"sku":"9780593979341","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/Im_Always_Looking.png?v=1793299933","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9780593979341","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}