{"product_id":"as-is-9781556592966","title":"As Is","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"James Galvin has a voice and a world, perhaps the two most difficult things to achieve in poetry.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Galvin's poems seem straightforward enough--but they're not....Galvin writes here like a force of nature. VERDICT: Excellent reading for contemporary poetry enthusiasts not looking for the overblown.\"--Barbara Hoffert, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Galvin's poems have zero percent body fat. His tightly controlled and detailed poems evoke measured optimism in a spare existential world where certain characters--\"The Mastermind\" and the \"Members of the Board\"--are recurring shadows. Like fables suggesting new truths, personal narratives and love poems intertwine to confront the various paradoxes of domestic life, art, and politics, and the line \"All poems are love poems\" leans hard against \"Some poems are better off dead.\" In \u003ci\u003eAs Is\u003c\/i\u003e, both claim their hard-won place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI think black holes are just plastic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarbage bags blowing down the midnight highway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat is the Universe. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere aren't as many dimensions as we thought.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA black hole can disappear anything that nears it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe all know that.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe farthest away I've ever been is in my own home, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinally cleaning out my daughter's room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo another little girl can live here.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe black plastic bag I held in my hand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWas infinitely capacious.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI mean I could throw anything in there.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Galvin\u003c\/b\u003e is a Wyoming rancher and on the permanent faculty at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is the author of six books of poetry, a novel, and the acclaimed memoir The Meadow. He lives in Tie Siding, Wyoming, and Iowa City, Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Galvin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592966","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273971368073,"sku":"9781556592966","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ff6368ce-3b92-4c6d-98d9-a2e6c59e8f5b.jpg?v=1736844071","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/as-is-9781556592966","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}