{"product_id":"rare-high-meadow-of-which-connie-voisine-9780226863528","title":"Rare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Bird is Her Reason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are some bodies that emerge\u003cbr\u003e into desire as a god\u003cbr\u003erises from the sea, emotion and\u003cbr\u003e memory hang like dripping clothes--this\u003cbr\u003e want is like\u003cbr\u003e entering that heated red \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eon the mouth of a Delacroix lion, \u003cbr\u003e stalwart, always that red\u003cbr\u003e which makes\u003cbr\u003emy teeth ache and my skin feel\u003cbr\u003e a hand that has never touched me, \u003cbr\u003e the tree groaning outside becomes\u003cbr\u003e a man who knocks on my bedroom window, \u003cbr\u003eedge of red on gold fur, \u003cbr\u003e the horse, the wild\u003cbr\u003eflip of its head, the rake of claws\u003cbr\u003e across its back, the unfocussed, \u003cbr\u003e swallowed eye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is a book haunted by the afterlife of medieval theology and literature yet grounded in distinctly modern quandaries of desire. Connie Voisine's female speakers reverberate with notes of Marie de France's tragic heroines, but whereas Marie's poems are places where women's longings quickly bloom and die in captivity--in towers and dungeons--Voisine uses narrative to suspend the movement of storytelling. For Voisine, poems are occasions for philosophical wanderings, extended lyrics that revolve around the binding and unbinding of desire, with lonely speakers struggling with the impetus of wanting as well as the necessity of a love affair's end. With fluency, intelligence, and deeply felt emotional acuity, \u003ci\u003eRare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream \u003c\/i\u003enavigates the heady intersection of obsessive love and searing loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCathedral of the North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Voisine's poetry is wholly unsentimental, tactile, and filled with unexpected beauty. She is political in the best sense. . . . A dazzling, brave, and surprising first book.\"--Denise Duhamel, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Connie Voisine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226863522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226863528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.45h x 6.26w x 0.22d","brand":"Connie Voisine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637126807807,"sku":"9780226863528","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23335d6e-b4a1-470b-941c-ab7fdf3eeb30.jpg?v=1765114082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rare-high-meadow-of-which-connie-voisine-9780226863528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}