{"product_id":"the-boy-who-slept-under-roseann-lloyd-9780983325482","title":"The Boy Who Slept Under the Stars: A Memoir in Poetry","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This a book about that place inside us all where bafflement meets mystery: a strange place, sometimes frightening and sometimes filled with stars and pines, clear flowing water and the deep joy of companionship.\"--Jim Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoseann Lloyd's new poetry collection takes us on a sister's unflinching exploration into grief for a brother lost on a solo hike in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. His clothes are found but not his body. How does one mourn without a body? This absence calls up memories of his life and mixed emotions; it evokes other disappearances--children missing in Iraq, climbers lost on Everest, a college student drowned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEven though I've said, for two years now, I don't need his body\u003cbr\u003eto do my mourning, I'm suddenly desperate\u003cbr\u003eto touch your arms, muscled and tan . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of verbal energy and rich patterns of sound, Lloyd's lines are allowed to breathe and move about in always interesting forms: prose poems, found poems, section poems, swirling mosaics of time and place. Beautifully crafted, the poems are emotionally complex yet accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoseann Lloyd\u003c\/b\u003e has published eight books, including three poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eBecause of the Light\u003c\/i\u003e (Holy Cow! Press), \u003ci\u003eWar Baby Express\u003c\/i\u003e (Holy Cow! Press--awarded the Minnesota Book Award for Poetry), and \u003ci\u003eTap Dancing for Big Mom\u003c\/i\u003e (New Rivers Press). The anthology she co-edited with Deborah Keenan, \u003ci\u003eLooking for Home: Women Writing About Exile\u003c\/i\u003e (Milkweed Editions), was awarded an American Book Award. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roseann Lloyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0983325480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780983325482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holy Cow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Northeastern Minnesota Book Award - Nominee","brand":"Roseann Lloyd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128597246207,"sku":"9780983325482","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a85d38db-fd6b-4de0-b9de-b43a048947a8.jpg?v=1687459490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-boy-who-slept-under-roseann-lloyd-9780983325482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}