{"product_id":"hymnswitch-ali-blythe-9781773100708","title":"Hymnswitch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanding in the granite of his own voice.\u003cbr\u003eRemembering your gathering body.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHello, My Forever Ago, don't worry, \u003cbr\u003eyou won't be reading this much longer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou will have already returned\u003cbr\u003ein a snowcloud, which is suggestively, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efashionably, only ever one second old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYes, Darling, it's me\u003c\/i\u003e, it says \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eas proof that in space\u003cbr\u003ethough there are many silences, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003efleeting\u003c\/i\u003e isn't the opposite\u003cbr\u003eof \u003ci\u003einfinite\u003c\/i\u003e, but its perfect match.\u003cp\u003eFour years ago, Ali Blythe arrived with \u003ci\u003eTwoism\u003c\/i\u003e, a remarkable debut collection, every line shimmering with life and shivering with erotically charged glimpses of completeness. Now in \u003ci\u003eHymnswitch\u003c\/i\u003e, Blythe takes up the themes of identity and the body once again, this time casting an eye backwards and forwards, visiting places of recovery and wrestling with the transition into one's own skin. Readers will find themselves holding their breath at the risk and beauty and difficulty of the balance Blythe strikes in the midst of ineffable complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining a stark, tensile precision with musicality that lulls and surprises, Blythe, a surreal engineer of language, has once again created an unusually memorable collection. Imbued with emotional awareness, these stunning poems will imprint readers with startling images and silences as potent as words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ali Blythe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 177310070X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773100708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.20d","brand":"Ali Blythe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486020088063,"sku":"9781773100708","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a6443e6-71c5-445a-bbe3-c25d03893ec0.jpg?v=1778053133","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hymnswitch-ali-blythe-9781773100708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}