{"product_id":"deux-other-sorrows-laurie-byro-9780999479513","title":"D'eux \u0026 Other Sorrows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eD'eux \u0026amp; Other Sorrows\u003c\/em\u003e, Laurie Byro's new volume of beautifully crafted poetry, reflects an enviable awareness of the nuances of grief, presented to the reader with the weight of fierce conviction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe individual poems, intricately intertwined, delve unflinchingly into matters of loss, anger, disaffection and love, and are spoken in the voices of characters as disparate as Vincent Van Gogh, Cleopatra, Frida Kahlo, the River Seine, Isadora Duncan, and the distraught mother of Icarus, among others. Byro even gives the guilt-ridden Ted Hughes a long moment to mourn the death of his doomed daughter Shura, '\u003cem\u003ewho makes her silent howl \/ while the moon fills \/ plump with its leaking mother's milk\u003c\/em\u003e.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken as a whole, this book can be seen as a tribute to the profundity of despair in its many guises--something not without its own dark beauty--as well as a moving acknowledgement of the wildness of the love that provokes it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Byro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0999479512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999479513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cowboy Buddha Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Laurie Byro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441679151359,"sku":"9780999479513","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4610217d-9931-4d72-bb9a-3f2e7455947f.jpg?v=1777192244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deux-other-sorrows-laurie-byro-9780999479513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}