{"product_id":"otherwise-unseeable-betsy-sholl-9780299299347","title":"Otherwise Unseeable","description":"\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2014 Four Lakes Poetry Prize\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat if ruin is a good thing? What if each day is built on the ruin of the one before? What if all our attempts to avoid ruin only make us bitter or closed off from what's around us? What if only by exploring our ruins do we become human? \u003cbr\u003e The poems in \u003ci\u003eOtherwise Unseeable\u003c\/i\u003e examine such questions. It is a poetry full of music and surprise, in voices that are personal, invented, and historical, sometimes belonging to the poet and sometimes to others. Betsy Sholl probes what there is still to learn from the devastations of the twentieth century, and she explores the roots of human envy, greed, and generosity in lively, unexpected ways, enacting the kinds of arguments we have with ourselves: between control and relinquishment, grief and ecstasy, regret and acceptance, faith and skepticism. The end result is a book of verbal wrestling, a girl-Jacob mixing it up with one kind of angel or another, limping for sure, but still blessed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner, Maine Literary Award, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betsy Sholl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299299341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299299347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 7.12w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2014 pg. 87","brand":"Betsy Sholl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993943507199,"sku":"9780299299347","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7013335-4b1e-4b76-9d2f-cd335f834125.jpg?v=1683327198","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/otherwise-unseeable-betsy-sholl-9780299299347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}