{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-light-jeremy-michael-clark-9781682262498","title":"The Trouble with Light","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Light\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeremy Michael Clark reflects on the legacy of familial trauma as he delves into questions about belonging, survival, knowledge, and self-discovery in unflinching lyrical poems. \"Like you,\" he writes, \"I have . . . [a] history of \/ hardly caring for my body, of letting \/ whoever drink their share of me, \/ thinking it could cure \/ my fear of dirt.\" Whether ruminating on intimacy, lineage, identity, faith, or addiction, Clark's poems embody a restless, rigorous curiosity. Largely set in the poet's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his portraits of interiority gracefully juxtapose the sorrows of alienation and self-neglect with the restorative power of human connection. In one of the most affectionate--and characteristically ambivalent--poems in the collection, Clark recalls, \"For days, doubt struck as does lightning \/ across the span of night. . . . Love? If it exists, \/ it's the uncertainty one feels before a thunderclap, \/ after the sky's gone dark again.\" A vulnerable and transporting debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Light\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital record of how grief can endure, and how we can yet endure ourselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Michael Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682262499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682262498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Jeremy Michael Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761010471167,"sku":"9781682262498","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30d1aba5-8c96-48f1-bc99-00edb5588de1.jpg?v=1706680118","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trouble-with-light-jeremy-michael-clark-9781682262498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}