{"product_id":"simple-gestures-laurie-kuntz-9781881515258","title":"Simple Gestures","description":"The poetry of \u003ci\u003eSimple Gestures\u003c\/i\u003e shifts the landscape beneath the reader's feet. The planet is the poet's terrain. Kuntz introduces the redolent smell of a Saigon market, then guides us to a Japanese hot bath. The lined hands of an old woman in Brooklyn give way to a class mouthing familiar vowels in a Philippine refugee camp. From the exotic to the everyday, survival- physical and emotional- is the filament that binds disparate worlds to each other. Personal and cultural ties are slashed and refastened, giving readers poetry of the heart and spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHysterical Blindness\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Let's start with something beautiful,\" \u003cbr\u003eand I expect her to invoke \u003cbr\u003eincense burning in brass holders, \u003cbr\u003elotus ponds on temple grounds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOr, her daughter's slim shoulders covered \u003cbr\u003ein printed Cambodian silk, arms swaying \u003cbr\u003eto brass gongs, bamboo flutes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut her eyes only twitch and flutter. \u003cbr\u003eLate autumn light seeps \u003cbr\u003ethrough hospital Venetian blinds, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe light Chanthy misses the most, \u003cbr\u003ethe sphere of light from gilded pagodas, \u003cbr\u003edawn light across the her courtyard, spreading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's light that haunts her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Kuntz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1881515257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781881515258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trp: The University Press of Shsu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.02w x 0.21d","brand":"Laurie Kuntz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519572717823,"sku":"9781881515258","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81de8271-5509-4b67-8918-1b4849d4820e.jpg?v=1778737761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simple-gestures-laurie-kuntz-9781881515258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}