{"product_id":"skirmish-dobby-gibson-9781555975159","title":"Skirmish: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew poetry by Dobby Gibson, author of \u003ci\u003ePolar\u003c\/i\u003e, which \"teems with a language so alive and so imaginative that one cannot help but read on with wonder and rapture\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have to escape while we can.\u003cbr\u003eI'm trying to remember you--quick, \u003cbr\u003enow you try to remember me.\u003cbr\u003e --from \"Refuge\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith sheer wit and keen observation, Dobby Gibson's \u003ci\u003eSkirmish\u003c\/i\u003e puts into conflict the private and public self, civil disobedience and civic engagement, fortunes told and fortunes made. These poems imaginatively, sometimes manically, move from perception to perception with the speed of a mind forced moment by moment to make sense of distant war and local unrest, global misjudgment and suspicious next-door neighbors, the splice-cuts of the media and the gliding leaves on the Mississippi River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dobby Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555975151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2008 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2009 pg. 96","brand":"Dobby Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250512384255,"sku":"9781555975159","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e74246f0-8614-497a-a220-ddf6d731650b.jpg?v=1729600535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/skirmish-dobby-gibson-9781555975159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}