{"product_id":"9780691278254","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW On Poetry, Culture, and Democracy by Robert Pinsky","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 26\/05\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Robert Pinsky belongs to that rarest category of talents, a poet-critic.\"-Robert LowellTwo important books of criticism by the Pulitzer Prize finalist and former U.S. poet laureate-now combined in a single volume with a new preface by the authorFor Robert Pinsky, poetry's individual, human scale as a fundamentally vocal medium-with poems brought to life by one person at a time-gives poetry a unique importance in American and democratic culture and society. This book brings together two compelling works of criticism by the former poet laureate-The Situation of Poetry and Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry, in which he makes a passionate and eloquent case for the vital role of poetry in a democracy. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420505387381,"sku":"9780691278254","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780691278254.jpg?v=1764609526","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780691278254","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}