{"product_id":"touring-paperback","title":"Touring - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarjie Giffin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarjie Giffin's chapbook debut, \u003cem\u003eTouring\u003c\/em\u003e, traverses the landscape of America, family, and social inequities with observant detail. An encounter with a homeless woman on the steps of a Milwaukee church is just as thought-provoking as the poet's recollection of stepping past shivering homeless persons on the periphery of Harvard. Poignant reflections emerge from both a dusty drive through a ghostly Southwestern village and a middle-aged dip into a pristine Northern lake. A sense of others' entitlement arises when the poet faces restrictions against viewing a New England landscape in \"Dead End.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong-ago love is experienced anew in \"Back in '73\" and heartbreak recounted in \"The Potted Plant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA doting mother and grandmother, Giffin writes with obvious devotion to her offspring in poems like \"A Place of Peace\" and \"Grandbaby.\" Sardonic humor flourishes in her retelling of traveling with adult offspring in \"Backseat Rider,\" while the joy of road-tripping with friends is apparent in \"Girls Trip.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title poem, \"Touring,\" takes a step back in time to a favorite card game of Giffin's father, while the collection's ending poem, \"Empty City,\" recreates the eerily quiet atmosphere caused by today's very real experience, the Coronavirus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoems from Giffin's chapbook have also appeared in \u003cem\u003eBlue Heron Review\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFlying Island\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003ePoetry Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eNorthwest Indiana Literary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSnapdragon: A Journal of Art and Healing\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSo It Goes: The Journal of the\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eKurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, Nos. 6 and 7\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSt. Katherine Review\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLives We Live(d) In: An Anthology of Poems about Social Justice\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eTipton Poetry Journal.\u003c\/em\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 0.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728538013759,"sku":"9781646624102","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6d71a7d57d33556e8cf704ab7ae567cd.webp?v=1765118875","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/touring-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}