{"product_id":"crocus-hardcover","title":"Crocus - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarin Gottshall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAligned with the mechanism\u003cbr\u003ewhereby the spirit is borne aloft\u003cbr\u003ethrough song comes again \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe question: whether. And not soothed\u003cbr\u003eso much as opened by the boy\u003cbr\u003esoprano's Sanctus, what moves \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ein the mind as the throat constricts\u003cbr\u003ein sympathy, one note peeled\u003cbr\u003efrom the last, fine as paper slipped \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efrom a garlic bulb, veined, \u003cbr\u003etranslucent, is whether--as if\u003cbr\u003ewound through the spiraling \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eamplitude, purpled, fretted, \u003cbr\u003eone voice suspended\u003cbr\u003ein concentration of prayer or terror \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewills itself above faltering, \u003cbr\u003emore perfect since time must\u003cbr\u003esoon break it. And made it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether and by whatever impossible\u003cbr\u003earrangement of stars, harmonies, \u003cbr\u003ecorrespondences through which \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe music finds the spirit and like\u003cbr\u003ea blade slits and releases, \u003cbr\u003ecirculates the question \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethrough the phrase, the delicate\u003cbr\u003eengine--as if it matters: the song\u003cbr\u003erises, everything goes with it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in Crocus take as their starting points the interior universes created by myth, art, and\u003cbr\u003ememory, and through the exploration of these terrains create new ways of understanding the ordinary.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKARIN GOTTSHALL\u003c\/strong\u003e was recently writer-in-residence at Interlochen Arts Academy. Her poems have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Southern Review, and in many other publications. She lives in Middlebury, Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.91 x 5.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689806106687,"sku":"9780823227303","price":123.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1e59e9d3c1702304487beca241a2538e_2c9cd22d-3e17-4bcb-8313-91f01962e54b.webp?v=1764986779","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/crocus-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}