{"product_id":"9781644450598","title":"Pilgrim Bell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaveh Akbar’s exquisite, highly anticipated follow-up to \u003ci\u003eCalling a Wolf a Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar’s second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of disavowal, fiercely attendant to the presence of divinity where artifacts of self and belonging have been shed. How does one recover from addiction without destroying the self-as-addict? And if living justly in a nation that would see them erased is, too, a kind of self-destruction, what does one do with the body’s question, “\u003ci\u003ewhat now shall I repair?\u003c\/i\u003e” Here, Akbar responds with prayer as an act of devotion to dissonance—the infinite void of a loved one’s absence, the indulgence of austerity, making a life as a Muslim in an Islamophobic nation—teasing the sacred out of silence and stillness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichly crafted and generous, \u003ci\u003ePilgrim Bell\u003c\/i\u003e’s linguistic rigor is tuned to the register of this moment and any moment. As the swinging soul crashes into its limits, against the atrocities of the American empire, and through a profoundly human capacity for cruelty and grace, these brilliant poems dare to exist in the empty space where song lives—resonant, revelatory, and holy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kaveh Akbar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48032387629110,"sku":"9781644450598","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/2026\/9110\/files\/BNCImageAPI_52ae8fde-339d-4fab-ae79-8a7f07ed75c5.jpg?v=1791573699","url":"https:\/\/shopsaturdaymorning.ca\/products\/9781644450598","provider":"Saturday Morning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}