{"product_id":"burn-lake-carrie-fountain-9780143117711","title":"Burn Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003e Selected for the 2009 National Poetry Series by Natasha Trethewey \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in southern New Mexico, where her family's multi­cultural history is deeply rooted, the poems in Carrie Fountain's first collection explore issues of progress, history, violence, sexuality, and the self. \u003ci\u003eBurn Lake\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the experience of life in the rapidly changing American Southwest with the peculiar journey of Don Juan de Ote, who was dispatched from Mexico City in the late sixteenth- century by Spanish royalty to settle the so-called New Mexico Province, of which little was known. A letter that was sent to Ote by the Viceroy of New Spain, asking that should he come upon the North Sea in New Mexico, he should give a detailed report of \"the configuration of the coast and the capacity of each harbor\" becomes the inspiration for many of the poems in this artfully composed debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carrie Fountain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143117718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143117711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.26d","brand":"Carrie Fountain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43914133930239,"sku":"9780143117711","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_15dd6e89-7429-424c-8751-3153cffa2e53.jpg?v=1680640535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burn-lake-carrie-fountain-9780143117711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}