{"product_id":"black-aperture-matt-rasmussen-9780807150863","title":"Black Aperture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2013 National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his moving debut collection, Matt Rasmussen faces the tragedy of his brother's suicide, refusing to focus on the expected pathos, blurring the edge between grief and humor. In \"Outgoing,\" the speaker erases his brother's answering machine message to save his family from \"the shame of dead you \/ answering calls.\" In other poems, once-ordinary objects become dreamlike. A buried light bulb blooms downward, \"a flower \/ of smoldering filaments.\" A refrigerator holds an evening landscape, \"a tinfoil lake,\" \"vegetables \/ dying in the crisper.\" Destructive and redemptive, \u003ci\u003eBlack Aperture\u003c\/i\u003e opens to the complicated entanglements of mourning: damage and healing, sorrow and laughter, and torment balanced with moments of relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Rasmussen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080715086X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807150863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.45h x 5.54w x 0.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Walt Whitman Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Winner","brand":"Matt Rasmussen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994911604991,"sku":"9780807150863","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e400acc5-db7e-45a6-b7f9-300d964de1b0.jpg?v=1683332904","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-aperture-matt-rasmussen-9780807150863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}