{"product_id":"crucifixes-m-f-mcauliffe-9781684195381","title":"Crucifixes: \u0026 Other Friday Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Only my contradictions hold me upright,\" claims one of the poems in this ferociously lucid and often funny new volume by M.F. McAuliffe. On the one hand it batters us with \u003cem\u003eLear\u003c\/em\u003e-like bleak assertions (\"Time and heaven and earth are stones. \/ They grind us between them\") -- assertions it goes on to illustrate, most impressively, in the final series of poems retelling the Orpheus myth. On the other hand, the very rhythm, almost reassuring, of other aphoristic conclusions suggests an admiration despite everything for the world it so passionately curses and condemns (\"to walk through the city and know it for rubble-- \/ This is a dream as old as the soul\"). -- Luisa Valenzuela, author of \u003cem\u003eClara\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStrange Things Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Lizard's Tail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlack Novel (with Argentines)\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDeathcats\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book takes the reader to ancient Rome, straight from the mouth of Catullus to the person sitting right beside us. McAuliffe makes these poems relevant to everyday life in the present, yet channels ancient memories; reminding us that some things are eternal and can never leave our consciousness.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e--Amy Temple Harper, author of \u003cem\u003eCramped Uptown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. F. McAuliffe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684195381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684195381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gobq LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.18d","brand":"M. F. McAuliffe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579841396991,"sku":"9781684195381","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03b0706f-91f5-4f14-8b04-ee9d453349ef.jpg?v=1763877023","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crucifixes-m-f-mcauliffe-9781684195381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}