{"product_id":"in-springtime-hardcover","title":"In Springtime - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Blake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicky Arscott\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLost in the woods with a horse, a mouse, and the ghost of a dead bird, you will discover if you're meant to live\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Sarah Blake's epic poem of survival, we follow a nameless main character lost in the woods. There, they discover the world anew, negotiating their place among the trees and the rain and the animals. Something brought them to the woods that nearly killed them, and they're not sure they want to live through this experience either. But the world surprises them again and again with beauty and intrigue. They come to meet a pregnant horse, a curious mouse, and a dead bird, who is set on haunting them all. Blake examines what makes us human when removed from the human world, what identity means where it is a useless thing, and how loss shapes us. In a stunning setting and with ominous dreams, \u003ci\u003e In Springtime\u003c\/i\u003e will take you into a magical world without using any magic at all--just the strangeness of the woods. Includes a stunning art feature by Nicky Arscott.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf only the night held one dream instead of many.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the next dream you dig up the bird.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the next dream you dig in the same place and find a gun. You've shot someone. You weren't supposed to return to this place where you hid the gun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou're an idiot in your dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the next dream the horse returns. The horse startles you awake. But you are still asleep. Dreams are some wicked things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the next dream you are in a desert. That's different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou forget what grass is. What it smells like. What the shadows of trees look like across your legs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou laugh your head off at the sight of a cactus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the next dream you can see the spirit of the bird that will haunt you for weeks. Her tongue makes you think all of her words will come out garbled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen you remember all she does is sing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSARAH BLAKE (London, England) is an American writer living in London. She is the award-winning author of the novels \u003ci\u003eNamaah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClean Air\u003c\/i\u003e and the poetry books \u003ci\u003eLet's Not Live on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Mr. West\u003c\/i\u003e. NICKY ARSCOTT is an artist living in Llanbrynmair, Wales. She collaborates with writers from around the world and her poetry comics have been published in\u003ci\u003e Poetry Wales, New Welsh Review, Wales Arts Review, Nashville Review, Berfrois, Red Ink, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMAI: A Feminist Journa\u003c\/i\u003el.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.5 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42174808948871,"sku":"9780819500250","price":28.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c5b3808fae14612c836e3bbbb3f9ca18.webp?v=1733376963","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/in-springtime-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}