{"product_id":"salt-roses-buffy-mckay-9798885250474","title":"Salt \u0026 Roses","description":"Buffy McKay is a poet of power. In \u003ci\u003eSalt \u0026amp; Roses\u003c\/i\u003e, she looks hard at life across a range of free verse, villanelles, and haikus, and leaves us with poignant and glimmering lines that can stop you dead in your tracks. When she captures the ethereal essence of inner and outer landscapes, you can imagine her with the likes of Mary Oliver and Elizabeth Bishop, sipping tea and swapping lines about fish.\u003cbr\u003e -Doug Pope, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Way to Gaamaak Cove\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe gorgeous poems in Buffy McKay's \u003ci\u003eSalt \u0026amp; Roses \u003c\/i\u003etraverse the wilds of Alaska and comb the watery landscapes of Rhode Island and Scotland. McKay's connection to each place runs deep, and these roots she shares in a generous and loving way. In one poem, she illustrates how ancestry lives in a smoked fish and her mother's word for it: \u003ci\u003edunghnak\u003c\/i\u003e. This collection sensually explores the lands dear to McKay, family homelands which nourish her body as well as her soul. She captures life's beauty with a wide-angle lens. Yes, there are salt and roses within these pages, but also cancer, death, loss, and regret. More than a book of poems, \u003ci\u003eSalt and Roses \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of prayers.\u003cbr\u003e -Martha Amore, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Quiet Season and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePomace stubbles the pint glass\u003cbr\u003eBuffy in Scotland\u003cbr\u003eOne day of sun, three of rain\u003cbr\u003eBuffy in a cabin in Skagway, Alaska\u003cbr\u003eMy hand, fingers spread\u003cbr\u003eHolds my chest\u003cbr\u003eThe river is the voice of always\u003cbr\u003eAdept as the moon of your fingernail\u003cbr\u003eDescribes the skin on my body\u003cbr\u003eOctober\u003cbr\u003eBuffy practicing her regret\u003cbr\u003eTo her indigenous mother\u003cbr\u003eHer spine creaks\u003cbr\u003eShe fiddles with words\u003cbr\u003eTo make this beautiful book\u003cbr\u003e -James P. Sweeney, author of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Prayers: Alaska Climbing Expedition: Marine Life Solidarity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Buffy McKay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8885250475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798885250474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cirque Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Buffy McKay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057674514687,"sku":"9798885250474","price":15.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2980a3dd-2d62-4d40-bcbb-4f3d1b42d44a.jpg?v=1685048305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salt-roses-buffy-mckay-9798885250474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}