{"product_id":"trace-eric-pankey-9781571314499","title":"Trace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric Pankey's arresting ninth collection of poems, \u003cem\u003eTrace\u003c\/em\u003e, sits at the threshold between faith and doubt--between the visible and the invisible, the sayable and the ineffable, the physical and the metaphysical.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTrace\u003c\/em\u003e, Pankey creates images of both stark beauty and stark truth. The skeleton of a burning home becomes a children's drawing of a house. The waning moon wears a mask, sheds grit, disappears in \"straw effigy.\" And the departure of a loved one is compared to the retreat of a glacier--leaving behind an exposed and scarred speaker. As the collection progresses, it maps a journey into deep depression, confronting one man's struggle to overcome that condition's smothering weight and presence. With remarkable clarity and complexity, \u003cem\u003eTrace\u003c\/em\u003e also charts the poet's attempt to be inspired, to breathe again, to give breath and life to words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver solemn, ever existential, Pankey's poems find us at our most vulnerable, the moment when we as humans--believers and nonbelievers alike--must ultimately pause to question the uncertain fate of our souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Pankey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/25\/2013","brand":"Eric Pankey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372418715903,"sku":"9781571314499","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_623203b9-2d57-48de-a92e-8ce743678335.jpg?v=1732725889","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trace-eric-pankey-9781571314499","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}