{"product_id":"bone-map-poems-9781571314697","title":"Bone Map: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"These poems, like light, clarify even as they pierce.\" --\u003cem\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected for the National Poetry Series by Martha Collins, Sara Eliza Johnson's stunning, deeply visceral first collection pulls shards of tenderness from a world on the verge of collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere violence and terror infuse the body, the landscape, and dreams: a handful of blackberries offered from bloodied arms, bee stings likened to pulses of sunlight, a honeycomb of marrow exposed. \"All moments will shine if you cut them open. \/ Will glisten like entrails in the sun.\" With figurative language that makes long, associative leaps, and with metaphors and images that continually resurrect themselves across poems, \u003cem\u003eBone Map\u003c\/em\u003e builds and transforms its world through a locomotive echo--a regenerative force--that comes to parallel the psychic quest for redemption that unfolds in its second half. The result is a deeply affecting composition that establishes Sara Eliza Johnson as a vital new voice in American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Eliza Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e National Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314697","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439356514441,"sku":"9781571314697","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_fb906da4-71a4-4e13-b7e5-911e925167f5.jpg?v=1716272124","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/bone-map-poems-9781571314697","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}