{"product_id":"open-shutters-mary-jo-salter-9780375710148","title":"Open Shutters","description":"Mary Jo Salter's sparkling new collection, \u003cb\u003e Open Shutters\u003c\/b\u003e, leads us into a world where things are often not what they seem. In the first poem, \"Trompe l'Oeil,\" the shadow-casting shutters on Genoese houses are made of paint only, an \"open lie.\" And yet \"Who needs to be correct \/ more often than once a day? \/ Who needs real shadow more than play?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpen Shutters\u003c\/b\u003e also calls to mind the lens of a camera--in the villanelle \"School Pictures\" or in the stirring sequence \"In the Guesthouse,\" which, inspired by photographs of a family across three generations, offers at once a social history of America and a love story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarkness and light interact throughout the book--in poems about September 11; about a dog named Shadow; about a blind centenarian who still pretends to read the paper; about a woman shaken by the death of her therapist. A section of light verse highlights the wit and grace that have long distinguished Salter's most serious work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFittingly, the volume fools the eye once more by closing with \"An Open Book,\" in which a Muslim family praying at a funeral seek consolation in the pages formed by their upturned palms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpen Shutters \u003c\/b\u003eis the achievement of a remarkable poet, whose concerns and stylistic range continue to grow, encompassing ever larger themes, becoming ever more open.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Jo Salter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375710140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375710148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 6.18w x 0.37d","brand":"Mary Jo Salter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080009281791,"sku":"9780375710148","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_169cc2ff-ac11-49ef-bc60-13b96291ffe9.jpg?v=1685484424","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/open-shutters-mary-jo-salter-9780375710148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}