{"product_id":"dogged-stacy-gnall-9781625346421","title":"Dogged","description":"Located somewhere between fiction and reality, the animals of \u003ci\u003eDogged \u003c\/i\u003eexist as both \"creatures children see in their fevers\" and \"your one \/ good dream \/ in the night.\" Inhabiting a space apart from time and narrative, the space of the ever-elusive now, these haunting poems probe animal consciousness and desire, as \"howls float \/ like crocuses-- \/ violet \/ and half open \/ to the unknown.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Looking to a wide range of high and low visual media, from Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e and Animal Planet's \u003ci\u003eFatal Attractions\u003c\/i\u003e to Peter Paul Rubens's painting of Hercules's dog discovering Tyrian purple, Stacy Gnall ponders human-animal connections and divisions, exploring those moments when human voices blend with \"silent\" beasts to exceed the limits of language. In \u003ci\u003eDogged\u003c\/i\u003e, animals emerge as the highest aspiration of poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAround the bend it was reckoned \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewe would never grow old \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebecause there were no words for it.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI placed my arms soft \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003earound the neck of a fawn \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand she felt no alarm. Speech \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eis where we went wrong.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eFrom \"The Wood in Which Things Have No Name\")\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stacy Gnall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1625346425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625346421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.40d","brand":"Stacy Gnall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996109701375,"sku":"9781625346421","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3abbb369-8a5a-4a4e-94ef-0670a4612ca2.jpg?v=1683339767","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dogged-stacy-gnall-9781625346421","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}