{"product_id":"the-human-line-paperback","title":"The Human Line - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Bass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Poetry,\" writes best-selling author Ellen Bass, \"is the way I pay attention, appreciate, give praise, struggle, grieve, rage, and pray. It's the way I embody my love for the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Human Line, \u003c\/i\u003e Bass' seventh book of poems, startles with its precise detail, intimate images, and wild metaphors. Bass brings attention to life's endearing absurdities, and many of the poems flash with a keen sense of humor. She also faces many of the crucial moral dilemmas of our time--genetic engineering, environmental issues, continuous war, heterosexism--and grounds her vision in the small, private workings of the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e. . . When I get home, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emy son has a headache, and though he's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ealmost grown, asks me to sing him a song.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe lie together on the lumpy couch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand I warble out the old show tunes, \u003c\/i\u003e Night and Day . . .\u003cbr\u003eThey Can't Take That Away from Me\u003ci\u003e . . . A cheap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003esilver chain shimmers across his throat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003erising and falling with his pulse. There never was\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eanything else. Only these excruciatingly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003einsignificant creatures we love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEllen Bass\u003c\/b\u003e is co-author of the million-selling book \u003ci\u003eCourage to Heal.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives and teaches in Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen Bass is co-author of the million-seller Courage to Heal. She edited one of the first anthologies of female poets, No More Masks!, and is author of several collections of poetry and nonfiction. Bass teaches creative writing across the United States.\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 0.31 x 8.92 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701423444031,"sku":"9781556592553","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/33ce9b279eb9bf9e1e0e782807b7b094.webp?v=1765020587","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-human-line-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}