{"product_id":"blood-moon-paperback-5","title":"Blood Moon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElaine S. Nussbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Moon \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003erecount the first eighteen months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Elaine Nussbaum's personal narrative is interwoven with social issues, climate change, and astronomical events, such as the blood moon that occurred simultaneously with a blue moon on Oct 31, 2020. The titular poem from the collection pays tribute to Marvin Bell and his \"Dead Man\" poems-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll the dead people can't live without you Marvin, and the live people cannot die\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe are a country washed up on a beach after a shipwreck.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe tide is coming in, and the waves are getting closer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is raining and we are naked...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHelp will be coming in eighty days, but how do we get through this without eating each other?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e______________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She captures the sense of suspension we all felt, even as we went about daily life. Her view is both sweeping and micro-focused.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Sherry Rind, author of \u003cem\u003eBetween\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eStates of Matter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The poems in \u003cem\u003eBlood Moon\u003c\/em\u003e are shards of light wrested from a dark and chaotic time in our history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Gwen McNeir, author of \u003cem\u003eAn Animal with Wings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I admire the ordinary details of a life woven into the fabric of a poetry of witness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Joseph Millar, author of \u003cem\u003eDark Harvest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 46\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719120621631,"sku":"9781956285147","price":19.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/83817b3081e394d2ce99fc8fd371b4d8.webp?v=1765084468","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/blood-moon-paperback-5","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}