{"product_id":"second-childhood","title":"Second Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new poetry collection by Fanny Howe, whose \"body of work seems larger, stranger, and more permanent with each new book she publishes\" (Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize citation)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople want to be poets for reasons that have little to do with language.\u003cbr\u003eIt's the life of the poet that they want.\u003cbr\u003eEven the glow of loneliness and humiliation.\u003cbr\u003eTo walk in the gutter with a bottle of wine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome people's lives are more poetic than a poem,\u003cbr\u003eand Francis is certainly one of these.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI know, because he walked beside me for that short time\u003cbr\u003ewhether you believe it or not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e     —from \"Outremer\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFanny Howe's poetry is known for its lyricism, fragmentation, experimentation, religious engagement, and commitment to social justice. In\u003ci\u003e Second Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, the observing poet is an impersonal figure who accompanies Howe in her encounters with chance and mystery. She is not one age or the other, in one time or another. She writes, \"The first question in the Catechism is: \/ What was humanity born for? \/ \u003ci\u003eTo be happy\u003c\/i\u003e is the correct answer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fanny Howe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":51539599818968,"sku":"9781555976828","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2770\/5320\/files\/cover-9781555976828.jpg?v=1775577369","url":"https:\/\/destiil.com\/products\/second-childhood","provider":"De Stiil Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}