{"product_id":"wild-juice-poems-paperback","title":"Wild Juice: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAshley Mace Havird\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDave Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWild Juice, \u003c\/i\u003e the poet and novelist Ashley Mace Havird confronts global and personal change. Her subjects range from the extinction of a prehuman species to the present-day reduction in sea life due to the climate crisis. Closer to home, she confronts the death of her father and her own aging. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRunning throughout these lyrics of loss is the richness of communal life, a current of hope given substance by the juice of wild grapes that baptizes the poet's chin and that of her elderly father, whose presence haunts the book. Havird's poems move from sea coasts to the rural South to landlocked suburbia, in language characterized by wit, pluck, and ironic candor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough striking evocations of the natural world, conveyed in a voice steeped in mature human experience, \u003ci\u003eWild Juice\u003c\/i\u003e speaks memorably on behalf of a life that embraces us all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshley Mace Havird \u003c\/b\u003egrew up on a farm in South Carolina. She is the author of three poetry collections and a novel, \u003ci\u003eLightningstruck. \u003c\/i\u003eHer poems and stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eShenandoah, Southern Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She lives in Shreveport, Louisian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692676550719,"sku":"9780807174739","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/acf165b67c283e981b472bfe22216ec7.webp?v=1764996223","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/wild-juice-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}