{"product_id":"reclamation-brock-dethier-9781518799709","title":"Reclamation","description":"From the back cover: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrock Dethier runs the composition program at Utah State University, writes books for composition teachers and students, and each fall prepares a new group of graduate instructors to teach the courses that so many students dread. He has published a poetry chapbook, \u003ci\u003eAncestor Worship\u003c\/i\u003e, and individual poems in venues from \u003ci\u003eMothering\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Epigrammatist\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eSugar House Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReclamation\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a childhood trauma that reverberates throughout the book and especially the first section, \"Why Worry.\" The second section, \"The Horns of Perception,\" chronicles the vagaries of trying to turn trauma (or anything else) into art, while the third section, \"Trying Not to Limp,\" tackles addiction, alcoholism, and the dissolution of bodies and relationships. Finally, \"Bag Full of Stars\" details attempts to put the trauma aside to find contentment and moments of joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch of the emotional content of \u003ci\u003eReclamation\u003c\/i\u003e is anything but easy, but readers are likely to, in the words of the final poem, \"find ourselves in flow, \/ reach the other side and cheer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brock Dethier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1518799701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781518799709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.19d","brand":"Brock Dethier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459239129343,"sku":"9781518799709","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79fb0c94-e4af-44dc-8b78-b9848c709d0a.jpg?v=1777408747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reclamation-brock-dethier-9781518799709","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}