{"product_id":"made-of-air-naomi-thiers-9781952326486","title":"Made of Air","description":"The poems in \u003ci\u003eMade of Air\u003c\/i\u003e argue for a deeper, more woman-centric definition of courage, a courage borne of the long haul. There are poems on the deaths of loved ones and mothering a teenager. One remarkable sonnet relates how a mother makes a U-turn off a ramp just before a bridge collapses in an earthquake. These poems celebrate the lives of women and girls and commemorate the daily ways they navigate through potential disaster-and come through dancing.\u003cp\u003eKim Roberts, editor of \u003ci\u003eBy Broad Potomac's Shore: Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation's Capital \u003c\/i\u003eand author of five poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eThe Scientific Method\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaomi Thiers shows women and girls who hold things together. From the \"cliff-high condo where we eat\" to those sheltering in \"a concrete pocket of unremarkable hidden things,\" her characters emerge, vulnerable as a flame in a dry season. Like Thiers' previous collections, her new work transfigures ordinary, \"silenced people,\" as Tillie Olsen called them, \"consumed in the hard, everyday essential work of maintaining human life.\" Can we bear to look at who we are now? Thiers' poetry says yes-and we must, to help each other hold together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRose Marie Berger, Senior Editor, \u003ci\u003eSojourners \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and author of \u003ci\u003eBending the Arch: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaomi Thiers' \u003ci\u003eMade of Air\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of courage-or, more to the point, many such stories. It is a chronicle of endurance: the \"ordinary women\" in the book's first section endure homelessness, illness, abuse, the murder of their children, and in doing so, become extraordinary. Thiers' compassion and insight shine through in language that is vivid and luminous. The ending of her poem \"Old People Waking\" sums up the theme of the entire book: \"And if everything hurts, it means \/ the current is flowing; we hiss inside: \/ Live. \u003ci\u003eLive.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiles David Moore, author of\u003ci\u003e The Bears of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e and founder of the IOTA Poetry Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naomi Thiers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952326486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952326486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Naomi Thiers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440190173439,"sku":"9781952326486","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93fca78a-5d16-443b-9475-8124a3f29900.jpg?v=1777180783","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/made-of-air-naomi-thiers-9781952326486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}