{"product_id":"remote-control-paperback-1","title":"Remote Control - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Esther Sciortino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnabashed Earnestness in the Greenest of Hope\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this collection are a practice in ordinary love, both longing for and celebrating connection. Here, we may partake in reading as if a friend speaks to us directly. This friend that-despite mistakes and overreaching-invests herself with unabashed earnestness in the greenest of hope, imagination, freedom, beginner's mind, surrender, and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With sass and swagger, with spunky outspokenness, with humble wonder, Laura Sciortino offers us her debut book of poems. In this collection where \u003cem\u003epaying attention is a kind of love\u003c\/em\u003e, Sciortino's work finds its \u003cem\u003eown easy place \/ a moggy right place \/ clear as water \/ old as sunlight.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...small invitations, such as \"Swell,\" whose lyrical sentences entangle gestures domestic and marine, and the dense canopy of \"Green,\" whose lush prose block sways with need and rebirth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEd Skoog, author of \u003cem\u003eTravelers Leaving for the City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With wit and insight, she explores the vivid and mundane moments that make up a life... And what a gift this book is to all who read it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Jamieson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Body of All Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These poems are a delightful introduction to Sciortino's perceptive modern vision, through the lens of a wondering and generous talent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Merridawn Duckler, author of \u003cem\u003eIdiom, Interstate, Misspent Youth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIt's a Wonder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.11 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42703829827647,"sku":"9781956285604","price":22.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b589e45030f96ac89cfdd213b16e30ca.webp?v=1765030931","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/remote-control-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}