{"product_id":"recovery-j-l-conrad-9781680033403","title":"Recovery: A Poem","description":"J.L. Conrad's \u003ci\u003eRecovery\u003c\/i\u003e inhabits a dreamscape filled with fragments of conversation, remembered loved ones, and the profound disorientation that accompanies loss. Written over the span of a week, this poetic sequence invites us to imagine how a body flooded with grief or physical pain becomes self-identified with these sensations. If grief is an unreality that parallels dreams--this doesn't feel real--then poetry, with its heightened awareness, is what brings us back to the world outside the body. The incantatory poems in this sequence offer a way of moving beyond the self at a time when the only way through is through. As Conrad's poetry provides glimpses into questions of human frailty, loss, and sentience itself, the speaker in \u003ci\u003eRecovery\u003c\/i\u003e looks not for transcendence but embraces a body marked and wounded, a body trailing ghosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \"Recovery\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn my dream we were in a tree \u003cbr\u003e and we were suffering. In this case, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e suffering with could not alleviate \u003cbr\u003e suffering. It proved impossible to overlook \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e the pits in our stomachs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The car lurched forward, into the knees \u003cbr\u003e of the pedestrian, the line of pilgrims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. L. Conrad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680033409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680033403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 4.80w x 0.10d","brand":"J. L. Conrad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076719571199,"sku":"9781680033403","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90745225-a8be-40a7-9f91-76625bc59c8b.jpg?v=1685466454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/recovery-j-l-conrad-9781680033403","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}