{"title":"Benjamin S. Grossberg","description":"\u003cp\u003eBenjamin S. Grossberg’s work invites readers into a rich dialogue between memory, identity, and the art of storytelling. Through evocative language and keen insight, his books explore the intersections of personal experience and broader cultural themes with a lyrical and thoughtful voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect contemplative reflections that resonate deeply with those drawn to \u003cem\u003earts and culture\u003c\/em\u003e, blending poetic sensibility with sharp intellectual exploration. Grossberg’s writing offers a compelling journey into the complexities of human connection and creative expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"when-you-read-a-novel-the-dead-would-like-by-benjamin-s-grossberg-9781960327215","title":"When You Read a Novel the Dead Would Like","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom distinguished poet Benjamin S. Grossberg comes a bracing exploration of how the fear of death softens into acceptance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBenjamin S. Grossberg's \u003cem\u003eWhen You Read a Novel the Dead Would Like\u003c\/em\u003e is about how we come to understand death—sometimes in terror, sometimes in loss, and perhaps, in the sober assessments of middle age, with calm acceptance. What may have loomed as a nightmare can come to seem unremarkable, familiar, even a \"private wonder.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems span the trauma of coming out as a gay man at the height of the US AIDS epidemic to the advent of PrEP—a class of HIV-prevention drugs—twenty-five years later. The poems wrestle with the growing awareness that, though one bugbear may press less close, death still waits, patient and inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA series of elegies for the poet's mother, who returns as a wry, irreverent ghost \"swirling\/ice cubes in a tumbler of vodka,\" lies at the heart of this ranging, cinematic collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67808156516588,"sku":"9781960327215","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ca09f9cd1067042a242ebd3f4cb564f3.jpg?v=1792622134"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/benjamin-s-grossberg.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}