{"product_id":"without-maxine-chernoff-9781848611962","title":"Without","description":"The series of poems in Maxine Chernoff's Without are elegiac brushstrokes, each somewhat feathery and brushing in more than one direction, which creates tension and unexpected arrivals as well as departures: someone or something is missing. Parts of the world are wavering and parts have disappeared. What remains is treated in the subtle management of the lines without a hint of punctuation, which allows for \"waves\" of attention, as meaning rises and subsides. The emotional impact is powerful, as are the recognitions, such as \"when darkness loses \/ its waiting mirror \/ and tuning forks \/ stand in for solace\" and \"readers asleep \/mouthing their dreams \/ fears of whispering \/ become a creed \/ until life blurs \/ like any lens \/that fails at attention.\" There's a sense of meaning passing with the solidity and darkness of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxine Chernoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184861196X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848611962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.21d","brand":"Maxine Chernoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077621543167,"sku":"9781848611962","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c363f3c-0f28-4fd9-a0a8-e4199ccba8b4.jpg?v=1685470927","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/without-maxine-chernoff-9781848611962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}