{"product_id":"dwellers-in-the-house-of-the-lord","title":"Dwellers in the House of the Lord by McNair, Wesley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New England Book Award Finalist. \"There's so much life in this beautiful book that it feels like a living thing. Wesley McNair is a kind of Chekhov of American poetry.\"--\u003ci\u003eTed Kooser, Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wesley McNair is a poet, memorist, and storyteller. His stories are personal and yet speak to our most urgent, universal, concerns. As he writes... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor we are all born into exile, saved only by the homes\u003cbr\u003e we dream, and the love that we may find there.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in rural Virginia, the poet's younger sister Aimee is adrift in a difficult marriage to Mike, a Trump-supporting, church-going, off-the-grid gun shop owner. McNair brilliantly explores his sister's life, his own family's past, to seek understanding. Throughout, this marvelous work, McNair attests to patience and perseverance, and an unwavering belief in compassion and reconciliation, in love's ability to unite us, even amidst the ugly politics of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDwellers in the House of the Lord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is for anyone who loves poetry's unique power, in the hands of a master, to tell stories of our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesley McNair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 4.70w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567926637","brand":"David R. Godine Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43656447983769,"sku":"9781567926637","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_2e85b468-2f4d-41fe-b7ba-c70fb9716dcc.jpg?v=1724635587","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/dwellers-in-the-house-of-the-lord","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}