{"product_id":"this-minute-jean-gallagher-9780823225477","title":"This Minute","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Minute is a connected whole, in which the verse is driven by strong intellectual excitement, evident in the energetic movement of the lines and in a vocabulary that switches easily from the colloquial to the exact. There is an urgent voice, felt close at hand. And there is a skill in handling and matching the size of a poem to its subject that makes each invigorating to read--one arrives slightly out of breath. These poems convey a \"metaphysical\" meaning as well as a bodily intimacy. They are luminous, discovering rather than manufacturing their metaphors as the most exact way of speaking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Early History of Photography \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first photographer's sister spent the summer\u003cbr\u003ewatching the leaf-imprints disappear.\u003cbr\u003eJust like life, she wrote to him, but a little slower;\u003cbr\u003elike a chemical recipe for gratitude. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShhh, the first photographer said, hovering\u003cbr\u003eover the silver salts arrayed like listening devices.\u003cbr\u003eDon't let the sun know what we're doing.\u003cbr\u003eThis is a god we can capture and he'll never know it, \u003cbr\u003enever miss these little fistfuls of glitter, dumbed down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDear sister, you must know the miracle is in the stoppage.\u003cbr\u003eMotion is cheap and plentiful; \u003cbr\u003estanding still is what costs and costs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJean Gallagher is Associate Professor of English at Polytechnic University in New York City. She is the author of The World Wars Through the Female Gaze. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo read a sample of Jean Gallagher's poetry, visit www.poetsoutloud.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Gallagher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082322547X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823225477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.62w x 0.25d","brand":"Jean Gallagher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086978429183,"sku":"9780823225477","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e7d61cd-9b1d-42ab-81d3-a9d4b639a03d.jpg?v=1769097601","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-minute-jean-gallagher-9780823225477","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}