{"product_id":"birds-and-bruises-vanessa-napolitano-9781639806140","title":"Birds and Bruises","description":"In this striking and sensitively crafted pamphlet, Vanessa Napolitano ties her work together with ribbons of birds. Magpies, hummingbirds and winged things of origami throng these poems. They 'slice open the morning', and what spills out among recipes, dandelions and blossom trees is a blend of strength and softness, where 'edges are not precise.' Napolitano's sense of place is particularly strong, deftly lifting us from her kitchen and garden to the streets of Los Angeles and beyond. These are vivid, sensory poems of memory, motherhood and belonging that I will come back to again and again. I loved this collection!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJen Feroze\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVanessa Napolitano's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirds and Bruises\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a subtle collection based in the everyday, but the poems work like little spells. There is a much to be said for the quiet poem when it teeters on a moment, like the delicate observations of a mother in 'This morning' as she folds laundry in the garden. How many of us lead lives of high drama after all? No, Napolitano's poetry finds profound truths in smallness, in the domestic, in cauliflowers and dandelions, in trifles, origami and banana currents. What deep currents, however, run through these unobtrusive voices and lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eZo? Brigley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHand \u0026amp; Skull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry Wales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanessa Napolitano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639806148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639806140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.09d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vanessa Napolitano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46025098199295,"sku":"9781639806140","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0a87737-61da-43bb-a983-442cddb7571f.jpg?v=1723129986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/birds-and-bruises-vanessa-napolitano-9781639806140","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}