{"product_id":"lilacs-mary-michelle-decoste-9781639800568","title":"Lilacs","description":"In this exquisite collection, DeCoste distills quotidian and epiphanic memories of a woman's life- a childhood crush, a bedtime story, a brief affair - into moments of breath on the page. Set among lilacs, forsythias, crickets and snakes, composed while reading Arabic poetry and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e DeCoste's poems find their way into the reader's own experience and memory. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLilacs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a gift of attention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Lisa L. Moore, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e24 Hours of Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and Archibald A. Hill Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese witty, acerbic, formally deft poems offer many pleasures as they anatomize the estrangements and infidelities of various intimacies. In such poems as her terrific sonnet \"Is That All There Is?\u003ci\u003e\", \u003c\/i\u003e DeCoste is clear-eyed, unsentimental, and heart-wrenchingly good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Geoffrey Brock, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoices Bright Flags\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeCoste's handling of language, in both free and formal verse, is as deft and incisive as it is lyrical. Of special delight is the way DeCoste uses traditional forms to their supple utmost to shape and clarify the often-murky landscape of modern life. The poems in \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLilacs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e linger in the mind and heart of the reader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Leslie Schultz, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcertina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary-Michelle Decoste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639800565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639800568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.09d","brand":"Mary-Michelle Decoste","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439907418367,"sku":"9781639800568","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b16a63c6-8143-4de8-9f32-6e66d44cff87.jpg?v=1777179715","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lilacs-mary-michelle-decoste-9781639800568","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}