{"product_id":"groundwork-paperback","title":"Groundwork - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Jernigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three sequences of \u003ci\u003eGroundwork\u003c\/i\u003e comprise a sophisticated reworking of European myth on the order of Yeats's \u003ci\u003eThe Tower\u003c\/i\u003e. The first is situated by an archaeological dig in modern-day Tunisia, the second by the Garden of Eden, the third by the waters and islands of Homer's Odyssey. Together they form a devastating critique of contemporary aesthetics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew poets today are versed in the archetypes that inform the European tradition, and even fewer can manipulate them with the grace of Amanda Jernigan. With rivers of exquisite prosody and a panoramic intellectual scope, her \u003ci\u003eGroundwork\u003c\/i\u003e has recharted the poetic landscape - and by doing so, has changed it forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePRAISE FOR AMANDA JERNIGAN \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmanda Jernigan possesses daunting formal skill ... her lines have an emotional intensity that is no less memorable for being understated. And she has a light, perfecting touch. - \u003cb\u003eDavid Orr, NPR.org\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For years now, Amanda Jernigan's name has been traded between poets like stories of mythical beast sightings; whispers of a poet who could arrive on the scene any day to shame us all with her preternatural craft, heart, and mind. With Groundwork, Jernigan arrives not as a wide-eyed first-timer, but as a wide-eyed master. You hold in your hands a collector's item of the future. Mark my words: you'll say, I was there when.\" - \u003cb\u003eGeorge Murray\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat a delight to read such superbly crafted poems which at the same time transcend their craft so decisively. They are light and song-like but they are also profound. She has the lovely singing line, though the poems bite too; that strengthens the melody. - \u003cb\u003eEric Ormsby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda Jernigan is a poet, playwright, essayist, and editor. Her works have been published in Canada, the United States and Germany, and are represented in the online archive of the poetry foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 61\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 October 25, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165419245703,"sku":"9781926845258","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/77c4e22f6aac4e4cdaa52dd29ecf5108.webp?v=1733313416","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/groundwork-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}