{"product_id":"world-to-world-valerie-martnez-9780816523757","title":"World to World","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn her second collection of poems, \u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Mart nez builds on the artistic command of language that characterized her award-winning first volume, \u003ci\u003eAbsence, Luminescent\u003c\/i\u003e. Taking on not only such familiar themes as love and loss, family and culture, but also the creative act of poetry itself, \u003ci\u003eWorld to World\u003c\/i\u003e crosses new boundaries to chart a mature poet's awareness of her own voice and style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mart nez explores the dynamic of creation\/dissolution in original and intriguing ways. Here are the strange and provocative landscapes of the body and its disappearance . . . of matter and the absence of matter . . . of what is formed and what is falling from form. Throughout this compelling cycle, her deft manipulations of poetic structure disclose the boundaries where flesh, matter, and language become spirit, space, and \"cataractical brilliance.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In charting the relationships between time, form, body, language, and emptiness, \u003ci\u003eWorld to World\u003c\/i\u003e maps the territories where the visible and the invisible meet, offering unexpected discoveries for discerning readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Mart?ez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816523754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816523757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.52w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 66","brand":"Valerie Mart?ez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926479732991,"sku":"9780816523757","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bfe00240-d455-4d64-b802-ffe33ee0ca03.jpg?v=1681083300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/world-to-world-valerie-martnez-9780816523757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}