{"product_id":"conjure-9780819579973","title":"Conjure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike magic, these succinct poems reveal multiple realities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRae Armantrout has always taken pleasure in uncertainties and conundrums, the tricky nuances of language and feeling. In \u003ci\u003eConjure\u003c\/i\u003e that pleasure is matched by dread; fascination meets fear as the poet considers the emergence of new life (twin granddaughters) into an increasingly toxic world: the Amazon smolders, children are caged or die crossing rivers and oceans, and weddings make convenient targets for drone strikes. These poems explore the restless border between self and non-self and ask us to look with new eyes at what we're doing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCARE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDress like you care!\u003cbr\u003eEat like you care!\u003cbr\u003eCare like you care!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou don't think\u003cbr\u003eapples just grow on trees, \u003cbr\u003edo you?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fish taps a clam\u003cbr\u003eagainst a bony knob\u003cbr\u003eof coral\u003cbr\u003eto crack its shell -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewhich demonstrates intelligence\u003cbr\u003eyes, but\u003cbr\u003eis the fish\u003cbr\u003epleased with itself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlone in your crib, \u003cbr\u003eyou form syllables.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre you happy when one\u003cbr\u003eis like another?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdd yourself\u003cbr\u003eto yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow you have someone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rae Armantrout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819579973","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439286751369,"sku":"9780819579973","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9848c55a-8647-435f-b888-899befd16c6d.jpg?v=1715812818","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/conjure-9780819579973","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}