{"product_id":"the-reef-elizabeth-arnold-9780226027371","title":"The Reef","description":"Elizabeth Arnold's first book of poems documents her struggle with cancer. A book-length sequence of poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Reef\u003c\/i\u003e rockets the reader through a Heraclitean chute of accelerated life experience by way of anecdote, satire, facts from medical science, and lyrical sweep. This multilayered work explores the depths of illness, investigating the way one's attitude toward it changes over time and how one gathers and processes information in order to make sense of it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Arnold's poetry, much more mature than most writers' first book, links lyrics, slight narratives, and a bit of satire into a work of glorious affirmation. The book is a splendid read.\"--Mary Sue Koeppel, \u003ci\u003eFlorida Times-Union\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For this commitment to both the autobiographical honesty and aesthetic risk, \u003ci\u003eThe Reef\u003c\/i\u003e should be valuable to anyone who has been waiting for where contemporary American poetry is going.\"--\u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Arnold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226027376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226027371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 6.16w x 0.26d","brand":"Elizabeth Arnold","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096660910335,"sku":"9780226027371","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reef-elizabeth-arnold-9780226027371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}