{"product_id":"the-nine-senses-melissa-kwasny-9781571314376","title":"The Nine Senses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn these exquisitely crafted prose poems, Melissa Kwasny examines the world around her with the quiet and profound attention of a poet at the height of her powers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe questions that have informed much of Kwasny's previous work--how does one have a relationship with the natural world in our time? What can we learn about being human from non-human forms of life?--find a new urgency in \u003cem\u003eThe Nine Senses\u003c\/em\u003e, as image collides with image to produce a singular ecological and poetic vision, one that is often dire and surreal. \"Perhaps the extra four senses contribute to the surreal in the sense that Breton defined it--as resolution of the real and the dream,\" Kwasny writes in the title poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThematically rich and varied, touching on mortality, temporality, and eternity, this collection puts Kwasny on the forefront of American poetry, and asks the reader: how do we tie ourselves to the world when our minds are always someplace other than where we are?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Kwasny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Melissa Kwasny","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44213231190271,"sku":"9781571314376","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00a14e6d-d758-4ae4-913e-df2b8a6fd455.jpg?v=1692112761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nine-senses-melissa-kwasny-9781571314376","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}