{"product_id":"notes-for-my-body-double-paperback","title":"Notes for My Body Double - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Guest\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho would guess that Godzilla, the Invisible Man, Elvis, Donald Duck, Ted Williams, and the Three Stooges might have something to say about the love and loss that shape the way we see the world? And yet these are the pop-culture coordinates that chart the emotional life brilliantly mapped out in Paul Guest's second book of poems. Winner of the Prairie Schooner Prize in Poetry, this collection plumbs the depths of nature and culture (how, for instance, \"gar\" in Old English means \"spear,\" and an octopus can lose a limb during mating) to give form to the darkness and the light that make us human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn poetry whose tone is largely one of lament tempered by a wry and intelligent humor, Paul Guest does what a poet does best: he gives us the moments of his life refashioned to reflect the larger arc and meaning of our own--of life, that is, writ large.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Guest is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize, and of the chapbook \u003cem\u003eExit Interview\u003c\/em\u003e. Coeditor of \u003cem\u003eMot Juste\u003c\/em\u003e, Guest has taught poetry and writing at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the University of Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Guest is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize, and of the chapbook \u003ci\u003eExit Interview\u003c\/i\u003e. Coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMot Juste\u003c\/i\u003e, Guest has taught poetry and writing at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the University of Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 91\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.39 x 6.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693947064383,"sku":"9780803260351","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b5c43ee938951f818c56624dc96cfe1f.webp?v=1765000487","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/notes-for-my-body-double-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}