{"product_id":"flare-stacks-in-full-bloom-poems-paperback","title":"Flare Stacks in Full Bloom: Poems Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Hoerth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlare Stacks in Full Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of eco-feminist poetry set in southeast Texas. This region, sometimes called \"Cancer Alley,\" is home to the nation's largest oil refinery. It has also been on the front lines of climate disasters such as Hurricane Harvey, the historic flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda, and just last year, Hurricanes Laura and Delta. It's a region that feels the tension of climate change: economically, it is dependent on the oil industry, the same industry that poisons its citizens and threatens its lands existence as sea levels rise. \u003ci\u003eFlare Stacks in Full Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e explores this tension through a chronicle of Hurricane Harvey--before, during, and after the storm, through formal poetry (sonnets, villanelles, and blank verse narratives). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Margaret Lea Houston Series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e \"Flare Stack Eden\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You smell it like a snake, from miles away-- \u003cbr\u003e this Eden made of benzene, naphthalene \u003cbr\u003e and gasoline. The smokestack garden never \u003cbr\u003e rests. It works through day and night, like any \u003cbr\u003e forest does. It turns the blood of earth \u003cbr\u003e into the fuel that makes it sing this dusk \u003cbr\u003e chorus of whistles, bells, and whooshing flame. \u003cbr\u003e You look up, imagining these towers \u003cbr\u003e as tupelo trees that scrape the sky. \u003cbr\u003e All around you, pipelines form a labyrinth, \u003cbr\u003e meandering like streams for endless miles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The whistle blows like Bachman's sparrow's song, \u003cbr\u003e beckons your return as you slip on \u003cbr\u003e your work boots once again to toil through \u003cbr\u003e the nightshift, promising a world of green. \u003cbr\u003e Suddenly, a flare stack blooms as quickly \u003cbr\u003e as a burst of evening primrose, fills \u003cbr\u003e the sky with something almost beautiful \u003cbr\u003e in vibrant hues of gold and cherry red. \u003cbr\u003e Standing at the gate in awe, you breathe, \u003cbr\u003e tasting the awful cost of paradise. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e KATHERINE HOERTH is the author of four poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eBorderland Mujeres\u003c\/i\u003e (SFA University Press, 2021) \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Chronicles of Slue Foot Sue\u003c\/i\u003e (Angelina River Press, 2018), \u003ci\u003eGoddess Wears Cowboy Boots\u003c\/i\u003e (Lamar University Literary Press, 2014), and \u003ci\u003eThe Garden Uprooted\u003c\/i\u003e (Slough Press, 2012). She is the 2015 recipient of the Helen C. Smith Prize for the best book of poetry in Texas and the 2017 \u003ci\u003eLangdon Review \u003c\/i\u003eWriter in Residence. Her work has been published in numerous literary magazines including \u003ci\u003eSummerset Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eValparaiso Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouthwestern American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2017, Katherine joined the English and Modern Language department at Lamar University as an Assistant Professor of creative writing and Editor-in-Chief of Lamar University Literary Press. She is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and lives in Beaumont. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169085984903,"sku":"9781680032635","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0b2749b8304799594ceb4300ceb23ae4.webp?v=1733339117","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/flare-stacks-in-full-bloom-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}