{"product_id":"bright-body-paperback","title":"Bright Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAliki Barnstone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Aliki Barnstone, poetry seems a natural medium. The vision and cadences of these poems suggest a sensibility for which poetry is as inevitable as breathing or eating.--Robert Pinsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBright Body\u003c\/i\u003e, Aliki Barnstone seeks to unite mind and body, spirit and matter, the individual and the body politic. Many of the poems are set in Las Vegas, a monument to materialism. This city of extremes informs Barnstone's vision and serves as a backdrop for her meditations on American history, war, the environment, erotic love, and the love of mother and child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAliki Barnstone\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, translator, and critic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAliki Barnstone: Aliki Barnstone is a poet, translator, and critic. Her previous books of poems include Blue Earth, Wild With It, Madly in Love, Windows in Providence and most recently Dear God, Dear Dr. Heartbreak: New and Selected Poems.\u003cbr\u003eAmong her other books are The Collected Poems of C.V. Cavafy, Changing Rapture: Emily Dickinson's Poetic Development, and the anthologies, A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now and Voices of Light: Women's Spiritual Poetry from around the World. She is a Professor of English in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Missouri, Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700503121983,"sku":"9781935210245","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/734cfbd99ac1a562acf01aa7c4266924.webp?v=1765016996","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bright-body-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}