{"product_id":"9780819572950","title":"Sam's Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Sam Ray was killed at nineteen in an accident, his father began writing poetry dedicated to his memory. Sam's Book is a collection of these elegies and other poems written during Sam's lifetime. \"How should I mourn?\" David Ray asks. By recalling poignant events from the past he transcends his grief. He remembers Sam's first bath, a \"holy\/Rite\"; tying the shoelaces of the \"little man\"; traveling to Greece, where Sam is \"the first…\/to see the holy moon.\" With painful wit and regret he summons up the image of his son's blue Toyota, fastidiously transformed by Sam and his girlfriend into a \"love nest.\" Ray muses on what he taught Sam and what Sam taught him. Originally published in 1987, Sam's Book won the 1988 Maurice English Poetry Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46555073446129,"sku":"9780819572950","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780819572950_p0.jpg?v=1765953301","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780819572950","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}