{"product_id":"lapis-kerri-webster-9780819500083","title":"Lapis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA record of visionary experience in the wake of loss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLapis\u003c\/i\u003e, poet Kerri Webster writes into the vast space left by the deaths of three women: her mother, a mentor, and a friend. Using a wide array of lyric forms and meditations, Webster explores matrilineages both familial and poetic, weaving together death, spirituality, women, and a sense of the shifting earth into one \"doctrine of Non-linear Revelation.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd I \u003ci\u003ewas\u003c\/i\u003e equal to my longing: \u003cbr\u003ethe mums blackening; \u003cbr\u003esorrow a carboned figurine; \u003cbr\u003ethe firmament steaming; your ashes\u003cbr\u003einterred in the boulder;\u003cbr\u003ethe ugly birds crying dolor dolor dolor;\u003cbr\u003ethe sky smoke-choked--what, then, \u003cbr\u003ewould you have had be my register?\u003cbr\u003eAs the beasts of the field rub their antlers off \u003cbr\u003ewith ooh-itch pleasure; as the screen says \u003cbr\u003eYou often open around this time; as the grapes\u003cbr\u003eblight: listen: sometimes \u003cbr\u003ewe're the pilgrim, sometimes \u003cbr\u003ewe're the site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerri Webster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0819500089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819500083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.09w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2022 pg. 1","brand":"Kerri Webster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058823262463,"sku":"9780819500083","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f35a8c42-3e69-43e2-9bac-954cf9a28c87.jpg?v=1685054716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lapis-kerri-webster-9780819500083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}