Overview
Winner of the inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize,Ā North American StadiumsĀ is an assured debut collection about graceāthe places we search for it, and the disjunction between what we seek and where we arrive.
āYou were supposed to find God here / the signs said.ā In these poems, hinterlands demand our close attention; overlooked places of industry become sites for pilgrimage; and history large and smallāof a city, of a family, of a shirtāis unearthed.Ā HereĀ is a factory emptying for the day, a snowy road just past border patrol, a baseball game at dusk. Mile signs point us toward Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Salt Lake City, Chicago. AndĀ godĀ is not the God expected, but the still moment amid movement: a field ālit like the heart / of the night,ā black stars stitched to the yellow sweatshirts of men in a crowd.
A map ābleached / pale by time and weather,āĀ North American StadiumsĀ is a collection at once resolutely unsentimental yet deeply tender, illuminatingĀ the historical forces that shape the places we inhabit and how those places, in turn, shape us.
This book title, North American Stadiums, ISBN: 9781571315359, by Grady Chambers, published by Milkweed Editions (June 8, 2021) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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