{"product_id":"patient-zero-paperback","title":"Patient Zero - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTomas Q. Morin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I will call the voice of this poet a 'common' voice... a voice a poet could take into an entire lifetime of memorable writing.\" --Philip Levine, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second collection from APR-Honickman winner Tom s Q. Mor n explores love gone sideways in the lives of lovers, parents and children, humans and the divine. \u003ci\u003ePatient Zero\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with voices--of all the people, places, and things that surround a life sick with heartbreak. Doors are the wooden tongues of a house, grocery-store cashiers are gatekeepers to the infinite, and food is the all-powerful life force behind every living thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Patient Zero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove is a worried, old heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003edisease\u003c\/i\u003e, as Son House once put it, the very stuff\u003cbr\u003eblues are made of, real blues\u003cbr\u003e that consist of a male and female, not monkey junk\u003cbr\u003elike the \"Okra blues\" or \"Pay Day blues,\"\u003cbr\u003ethough I think House would agree\u003cbr\u003etwo hearts of any persuasion are enough for a real blues, \u003cbr\u003eif one of them is sick, that sickly green of a frog\u003cbr\u003ebitten in two by the neighbor's dog, all of which\u003cbr\u003emakes me wonder about the source of our disease\u003cbr\u003eand whose teeth first tore the heart after Adam\u003cbr\u003eand Eve left the garden?...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom s Q. Mor n's debut poetry collection \u003ci\u003eA Larger Country\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the APR\/Honickman Prize. He is co-editor with Mari L'Esperance of the anthology \u003ci\u003eComing Close, \u003c\/i\u003e and translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Heights of Macchu Picchu\u003c\/i\u003e by Pablo Neruda. He teaches at Texas State University and in the low residency MFA program of Vermont College of Fine Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTomas Q. Morin: Tomás Q. Morín's debut poetry collection A Larger Country was the winner of the APR\/Honickman Prize. He is co-editor with Mari L'Esperance of the anthology Coming Close, and translator of The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda. He teaches at Texas State University and in the low residency MFA program of Vermont College of Fine Arts.\u003cbr\u003e\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 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693241864255,"sku":"9781556594939","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/abba7d3c5b27a09fc3894baba5b37ae0.webp?v=1764998257","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/patient-zero-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}