{"product_id":"splashed-things-leigh-lucas-9781968507053","title":"Splashed Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSplashed Things \u003c\/i\u003eis a raw, dark humored, and deeply moving collection that examines the chaotic terrain of grief following the suicide of an ex-boyfriend. \u003c\/b\u003eWith startling honesty and emotional precision, Lucas navigates the speaker's journey through loss as a woman in her 20s, revealing how grief infiltrates every corner of her life--from the funeral home to a dead-end job, from the therapist's office to the subways of New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese lyrical poems search for traces of the lost in unlikely places--the physics of splashes, the history of seasickness, the science of depression--while confronting the limitations of elegy and the futility of trying to contain sorrow in words. \u003ci\u003eSplashed Things\u003c\/i\u003e is not a neat arc toward healing, but a testimony to the unwieldy shape of mourning and the persistence of love in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by Maya C. Popa as winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize for its emotional courage, inventive language, and haunting beauty, Leigh Lucas's \u003ci\u003eSplashed Things\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of a powerful new voice in contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leigh Lucas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1968507051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968507053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Leigh Lucas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520901071103,"sku":"9781968507053","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_073c760a-7d83-4f0b-ab79-18f751098c7a.jpg?v=1762887649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/splashed-things-leigh-lucas-9781968507053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}