{"product_id":"the-place-one-is-martha-ronk-9781632431035","title":"The Place One Is","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection from celebrated poet Martha Ronk considering the relationship between person, body, and place. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Place One Is \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the intersection of person and place, the ways in which changes in the tangible world alter one's vision, bodily posture, vocabulary, and concern for--to take one example--the dwindling water supply in California. The body's position, its geometry, and the topography of the surrounding land become less and less recognizable as body and world blend together. Gravel giving way underfoot mirrors the way that words dissolve into mumbles, and the skeleton of a rusty car on the sand appears like one's own skeleton. Ronk shows that disintegration here is disintegration there. These poems also wonder at interdependence, considering how lines intersect and continue to connect us to the sea--and to islands, lagoons, greenery, sky, and space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the first part of the collection, the poems focus on a rural landscape, and in the second part, they consider the overly bright urban world of Los Angeles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha Ronk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632431033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632431035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnidawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2022","brand":"Martha Ronk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996608856319,"sku":"9781632431035","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_516c181b-ef61-435e-9469-e93fda44bbf4.jpg?v=1683342669","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-place-one-is-martha-ronk-9781632431035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}