{"product_id":"go-figure-hardcover","title":"Go Figure - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRae Armantrout\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeen, pithy meditations on a world that continues to surprise us\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems in Pulitzer Prize-winner Rae Armantrout's new book are concerned with \"this ongoing attempt\/ to catalog the world\" in a time of escalating disasters. From the bird who \"check-marks morning\/once more\/\/like someone who gets up\/to make sure\/\/ the door is locked\" to bat-faced orchids, raising petals like light sails as if about to take flight, these poems make keen visual and psychological observations. The title \u003ci\u003eGo Figure\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to the book's focus on the unexpected, the strange, and the seemingly incredible so that: \"We name things\/ to know where we are.\" Moving with the deliberate precision that is a hallmark of Armantrout's work, they limn and refract, questioning how we make sense of the world, and ultimately showing how our experience of reality is exquisitely enfolded in words. \"It's true things fall apart.\" Armantrout writes. 'Still, by thinking\/we heat ourselves up.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSample Text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHYPER-VIGILANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilarious, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe way a crab's slender\u003cbr\u003eeye-stalks\u003cbr\u003estand straight up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom its scuttling\u003cbr\u003ecarapace--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe way vigilance\u003cbr\u003etakes many forms?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat bird check-marks morning\u003cbr\u003eonce more\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elike someone who gets up\u003cbr\u003eto make sure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe door is locked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI sound\u003cbr\u003elike I know\u003cbr\u003ewhat I'm talking about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI sound like a comedian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRAE ARMANTROUT is the award-winning author of eighteen books of poetry, most recently\u003ci\u003e Finalists\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConjure\u003c\/i\u003e. Her collection\u003ci\u003e Versed\u003c\/i\u003e won a National Book Award. a National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize. Her work has appeared in countless anthologies including \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn The American Tree\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLanguage Poetries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152562000007,"sku":"9780819500793","price":29.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/09eeecc2a6f8a7e8648e086fafdbeddd.webp?v=1733215239","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/go-figure-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}