{"product_id":"dont-do-it-we-love-you-my-heart-9781938603167","title":"Don't Do It, We Love You, My Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fink's a better guide than Dante had through our hells and heavens.\" - Mary Karr, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a wide range of lyrically rich poems, award-winning poet Jonathan Fink interrogates the perpetual mysteries and resonances at the convergence of national identity, historical influence, and personal experience.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDon't Do It--We Love You, My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Fink interweaves a welcome range of poetic styles including expansive, narrative poems, shorter, lyrical poems, and intricate one-sentence poems that are sustained over multiple pages to deliver his most intimate collection to date. Charting changing national and personal landscapes, Fink's writing explores such diverse subjects as growing up in West Texas at the conclusion of the Cold War; ekphrastic poems about the paintings of Goya, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art theft; the intuitive language he shares with his infant daughter on a quiet evening before she falls asleep; and the famous story of a suicide prevented on the George Washington Bridge--the jumper stayed by the man who tells him, \"Don't do it-we love you, my heart.\" The imperative, urgent compassion conveyed in the stranger's command thrums through all the poems in this collection, compelling the reader outward to deeper connections and lived empathy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17161162\"\u003eJonathan Fink\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.43w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938603167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938603168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE023050\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Family\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE023040\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Places\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Fink\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003ci\u003eDon't Do It--We Love You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Heart, \u003c\/i\u003ehis third full-length \u003cbr\u003ebook of poetry, is his most intimate and expansive collection to \u003cbr\u003edate. His lyrical, personal, immersive, and historical writing has led \u003cbr\u003ehim to projects around the globe. His most recent project centered on Gram Parsons's life and death for Joshua Tree \u003cbr\u003eNational Park. He has received fellowships from the NEA and the state \u003cbr\u003eof Florida, among many others, and his writing has appeared in a wide \u003cbr\u003erange of publications from \u003ci\u003ePoetry \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003e Journal of the American Medical Association\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Lubbock, TX, Fink currently \u003cbr\u003elives in Pensacola with his wife and daughters and teaches at University\u003cbr\u003e of West Florida. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48459744346349,"sku":"9781938603167","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_aad78186-29ed-4b9b-90b8-f688b860f93c.jpg?v=1753647350","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/dont-do-it-we-love-you-my-heart-9781938603167","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}