{"product_id":"vanishing-points-sarah-cortez-9781680031010","title":"Vanishing Points: Poems and Photographs of Texas Roadside Memorials","description":"Along Texas roadways rest thousands of contemplative shrines, usually marked by small, white metal crosses. Anchored by the stunning photography of roadside memorials by Dan Streck, this landmark book allows four poets to respond to the visual summons of roadside memorials with lyric intensity and eloquent ekphrasis: Larry D. Thomas, Jack B. Bedell, Sarah Cortez, and Loueva Smith. Graphic designer Nancy J. Parsons brings her award-winning skills to perfectly meld photography with poetry in this gorgeous volume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Plain, White Cross \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It lists slightly \u003cbr\u003e beside the highway. \u003cbr\u003e Whoever placed it there \u003cbr\u003e drove its upright \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e deep into the earth, \u003cbr\u003e intimate with the tragedy \u003cbr\u003e of wind and driving rain. \u003cbr\u003e Knowing the certainty \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e of erasure, they left it \u003cbr\u003e nameless, just a simple \u003cbr\u003e wooden cross harboring, \u003cbr\u003e for a while, the traces \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e of unbearable loss. \u003cbr\u003e As if lit from within \u003cbr\u003e with white light, it glows \u003cbr\u003e beside the silent highway: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e white light stark \u003cbr\u003e as the grief of the bereaved, \u003cbr\u003e white as the clouds above, \u003cbr\u003e streaking, disintegrating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Larry D. Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Cortez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680031015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680031010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Sarah Cortez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46293216788735,"sku":"9781680031010","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7fa2407-9eb9-45fd-a70a-a6867c7df3c7.jpg?v=1730212475","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vanishing-points-sarah-cortez-9781680031010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}