{"product_id":"imaginary-vessels-paperback","title":"Imaginary Vessels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaisley Rekdal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrea Modica\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompelling, appealing, cinematic . . . Rekdal refreshes the meaning and the image of being displaced in this world. --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRekdal's work deeply satisfies, for it witnesses and wonders over the necessary struggles of human awareness and being. --\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn acknowledging the disappointing facts of our existence and singing her way into its amazement, she has created poetry that lives alongside the misery we sometimes witness--and sometimes cause. --\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaisley Rekdal questions how identity and being inhabit metaphorical and personified vessels, from blown glass and soap bubbles to skulls unearthed at the Colorado State Mental Institution. Whether writing short lyrics or a sonnet sequence celebrating Mae West, Rekdal's intellectually inquisitive and carefully researched poems delight in sound, meter, and head-on engagement. Illustrated with twelve Andrea Modica photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom You're: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVague as fog and turnip--hipped, a creel of eels\u003cbr\u003ethat slithers in stains. Dirty slate, you're\u003cbr\u003eDiamond Lil. She's you, you say. You're her. She's I. O\u003cbr\u003eMae, fifth grade, we dressed in feathers and our mothers' slit\u003cbr\u003epink slips, dipped into your schema and your accent, \u003cbr\u003easpiring (like you) to be able to order coffee and have it\u003cbr\u003esound like filth . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaisley Rekdal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books of poetry, a book of personal essays, and a mixed media book of photography, poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She lives in Salt Lake City and teaches at the University of Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaisley Rekdal: Paisley Rekdal is the author of four books of poetry, a book of personal essays, and a mixed media book of photography, poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She lives in Salt Lake City and teaches at the University of Utah. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167397941383,"sku":"9781556594977","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d4ad9055af4aff83276230ec1560090b.webp?v=1733327364","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/imaginary-vessels-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}