{"product_id":"ghost-river-paperback","title":"Ghost River - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKris Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhost River\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to stare down blue-mouthed crevasses, venture into old growth forests, and peer beneath the floorboards of ancestral homesteads.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lyrical and intimate portrait of America's Pacific Northwest, wilderness and home are interwoven. But this is not Arcadia. Deep time is punctured by strip malls and freeways, wildfires and dams. Questioning the influence of the past on the present, the central sequence reimagines this landscape from the perspective of the British explorer, George Vancouver, who charted its waterways on an expedition to locate the illusive Northwest Passage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their passage between America and England and the terrain of early motherhood, these poems of loss and renewal explore what it is to be home. Born and raised in America's Washington state, Kris Johnson moved to the UK in 2007. \u003ci\u003eGhost River\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book-length collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKris Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is from America's Washington state but has lived in the UK since 2007. She received her MA and PhD in Creative Writing from Newcastle University where she has also taught and worked as a researcher. In 2019, she was awarded a Developing Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England. Her poems have been published in journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eAmbit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHallelujah for 50ft Women\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2015), \u003ci\u003ePoetry Ireland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoetry London\u003c\/i\u003e. Her debut pamphlet, \u003ci\u003eSkinny Dip\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2022 by Enchiridion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693547622463,"sku":"9781780376479","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/49ab7be213fb1d542d3e05656b9944c7.webp?v=1764999307","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ghost-river-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}