{"product_id":"ultraviolet-colin-mcguire-9781913268985","title":"Ultraviolet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou're on a brief plateau, a diagnosis \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003erising with the sun, a summit \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eyou can't come down from, snow-blind, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehypothermic in the Himalayas, and me\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea new sherpa, but by the time I reach you\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eand I will reach you\u003c\/em\u003e I'll be dead myself. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUltraviolet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, time splinters, teacups explode and two young brothers wrestle in their childhood bedroom. Like a hot, quick strike of lightning, \u003cstrong\u003eColin McGuire\u003c\/strong\u003e illuminates the shock of losing his brother to cancer. Strange, tender, darkly ironic and infused with a bittersweet nostalgia, these poems explore family, illness, grief, splintered memory and the limits of self-help speak. Ultraviolet light is undetectable to almost all human eyes. In turn, these poems traverse the otherwise undetected moments that go on to transform us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'At the heart of elegy is a yearning to communicate: to whistle to the dead and hear a whistle back. Colin McGuire's collection bursts with this elegiac love, it's a psychic phone call, a summoning, a casual chat, a whistle through time and space, reminding us that death cannot end the conversation.' Caroline Bird\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ultraviolet is provocative, heartfelt, joyful and heartbreaking, memories and moments suspended in time like dust motes in sunlight.' Carrie Marshall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Grief permeates Ultraviolet; it is a background hum that never quite fades away. But these poems are brimful of love, too. They celebrate what was and what remains. This is a vibrant collection, often surprising, always rewarding.' Malachy Tallack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin McGuire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913268985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913268985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Betty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.09d","brand":"Colin McGuire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48853011628287,"sku":"9781913268985","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ultraviolet-colin-mcguire-9781913268985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}