{"product_id":"royals-cedar-sigo-9781940696539","title":"Royals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"One finishes a poem feeling as though they have taken part in a singular event that can be returned and mined again and again without exhausting the kernel of mystery around which each poem swirls.\" --\u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCedar Sigo's fourth collection restlessly enacts the pleasures of writing. With a mix of condensed, syllabic poems and longer serial pieces, and with many poems addressed to other poets, Sigo explores the romance of being a poet while also drawing on the color and symmetries of the visual arts of his Native American identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003etwin angels\u003cbr\u003eat the impasse\u003cbr\u003estripping wire\u003cbr\u003eout from\u003cbr\u003ethe earth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ebolts of thunder pealed\u003cbr\u003efrom under the\u003cbr\u003efalls\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003estones\u003cbr\u003ethrown (from very high)\u003cbr\u003eto form\u003cbr\u003ea ziggurat\u003cbr\u003ean hourglass\u003cbr\u003eI almost forgot\u003cbr\u003eto intone\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCedar Sigo\u003c\/b\u003e was raised on the Suquamish Reservation in the Pacific Northwest and studied at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. He is the author of eight books and pamphlets of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eRoyals, Language Arts, Stranger in Town, Expensive Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, and two editions of \u003ci\u003eSelected Writings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cedar Sigo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940696534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940696539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 7.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2017","brand":"Cedar Sigo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978876977407,"sku":"9781940696539","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d945f844-9831-4458-85b9-b9fb4e23fafd.jpg?v=1683243386","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/royals-cedar-sigo-9781940696539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}