{"product_id":"thornwork-ruth-ann-baumann-9781625578150","title":"Thornwork","description":"I know as much as I know, ' Baumann writes, 'and still get out of bed.' And what trauma survivor has not marveled at this exact triumph? \u003ci\u003eTHORNWORK\u003c\/i\u003e is a rigorous examination of the abundant hunger of both body and psyche to survive. This generous work confronts our inadequacies: 'We have tried you, language, but you have not been enough, ' and nurtures even our most imperceptible efforts: 'I have almost enough courage to keep walking myself home, ' offering a realistic portrait of the untidy endeavor to persevere.\"--Jeanann Verlee \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eTHORNWORK\u003c\/i\u003e sings to the soft sleeping animal at the center of us all, and shows us that to love wrongly is still to love. It's a eulogy for the former self, a prayer, a ghost story. This is an urgent, spell-binding book.\" --Meg Freitag \u003cbr\u003e \"Ruth Baumann's \u003ci\u003eTHORNWORK\u003c\/i\u003e is painted with vertiginous desires, 'I wake up how a thief wakes up, one want at a time.' These poems explore what happens when we harm for or are harmed by that which we desire--'god is not a pitcher plant \/ It's us humans that eat each other.' Baumann leads us into a world that is both familiar and foggy, both lonely and suffocating, a world where 'Life fidgets everywhere.' It isn't Baumann's job to lead us back out--she is here to tell us what's at stake, she is here to show us the 'new angles.' Come in and have a look around. 'Make a sudden noise. See which animals in us come out.'\"--Paige Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Ann Baumann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1625578156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625578150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Lawrence Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.50h x 8.30w x 0.20d","brand":"Ruth Ann Baumann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485688312063,"sku":"9781625578150","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e444e92-7a31-41ad-bfa5-f65797b81c00.jpg?v=1778050906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thornwork-ruth-ann-baumann-9781625578150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}