{"product_id":"pyrrhic-symphony-paperback","title":"Pyrrhic Symphony - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam O. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Raz\/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePyrrhic Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e, the speaker asks, \"Should a poem be the pill or the pharmacy?\" And the book replies: Why not both? It ails and wails, blooms and wilts, but always breathes, just as anyone reading this does. Part siren songs, part torch songs, \u003ci\u003ePyrrhic Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e sings wry lullabies for apocalypses public, personal, and politic, moving from cruise ships to Krakatoa, from a dentist's office to a marriage as it explores how love, family, community, and art can function in the face of an increasingly hostile climate. And in lamenting how \"all I ever wanted from love \/ was that it never change,\" the feverish speaker goes toe-to-toe with the nurse who watches over him as they encounter and recount a world of late capitalist excess. By turns ecstatic and demonic, tender and terrifying, \u003ci\u003ePyrrhic Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e stands as an act of musical witness and cautious hope in this age of corrupted wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam O. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIndex of Haunted Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Poetry Prize. He is a recipient of the 2022 Poetry International Prize and the 2016 George Bogin Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAGNI\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. Davis is cocreator and host of the podcast \u003ci\u003ePoetry Goes to the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, and of its digital collection for the Poetry Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46184748351532,"sku":"9781496247919","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/V5kqmlwNQL9781496247919.webp?v=1789609857","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/pyrrhic-symphony-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}