{"product_id":"blue-lash-james-armstrong-9781571314246","title":"Blue Lash: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBlue Lash\u003c\/em\u003e, James Armstrong explores the way a physical place can be alchemically transformed into mental geographies. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world of Lake Superior comes alive and expands outward in these poems: cicadas \"grind their teeth\/under the blue roof of August\"; a quartz pebble becomes \"little knuckle\/petrified egg\/white as a wave-cap\"; a Jet Ski \"revs past the dock\/like a demon out of Milton.\" Stripping away the layer of sentimentality that often cloaks the lake, Armstrong portrays it instead as a rebuke to human arrogance, and a reminder of the sublime indifference of wild places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 6.64w x 0.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2006 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 90","brand":"James Armstrong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939702440191,"sku":"9781571314246","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_02fc82a2-5bc6-441b-abf8-889baae405d9.jpg?v=1681443016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-lash-james-armstrong-9781571314246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}