{"product_id":"im-always-looking-up-and-youre-jumping","title":"I'm Always Looking Up and You're Jumping","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deeply moving poetry collection about grief, love, and the heavens and hells we create on earth, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThere's Always This Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour heartbreak may one day grow wide as a desert \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhere nothing survives, but consider this: elsewhere, a child drowns in wonder\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter the publication of two award-winning essay collections, Hanif Abdurraqib makes his long-awaited return to poetry to mine the aftermath of a spiritual crisis: \u003ci\u003eWhat if life after this one is heavenless? How might I live differently if I can find small heavens on this flawed, faulty earth? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn poems of illuminating curiosity, Abdurraqib turns his attention to the sublime beauty in ordinary life. From the man who lifts his window shade for a crying baby on an airplane, to the grandmother who makes and unmakes her absent grandson's bed every morning, to his friend's young daughter who decides to devote herself to a newfound love of ants, Abdurraqib attends to life's simple pleasures--while also refusing to ignore the hells that we have created on earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough \u003ci\u003eI'm Always Looking Up And You're Jumping, \u003c\/i\u003emaster poet Hanif Abdurraqib crafts a devastating yet uplifting reflection of the essential contradictions that come with the experience of being human--the immense pain and suffering we feel and inflict upon others and the overwhelming goodness that exists within all of us.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67810222014563,"sku":"9780593979341","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0621\/7515\/0179\/files\/imageloader_fcf880df-0e4c-4ace-9b87-cefafb276c1c.jpg?v=1793124082","url":"https:\/\/redricebooks.com\/products\/im-always-looking-up-and-youre-jumping","provider":"Red Rice Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}