{"product_id":"shallcross-paperback","title":"Shallcross - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. D. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wright has found a way to wed fragments of an iconic America to a luminously strange idiom, eerie as a tin whistle.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wright gets better with each book, expanding the reach of her art; it seems it could take in anything.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These poems are so perfect they appear to have been cut from optical glass with very sharp knives; the poet's eye moves over the treacherous landscape of the soul like a lunar eye, measuring seasons, marking time, setting houses and bodies on fire.\" --Rikki Ducornet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eShallCross\u003c\/em\u003e, C. D. Wright brings together brief, striking poems in tandem with the longer, unrelenting forms for which she has become recognized and beloved. Pushing the boundaries of genre, language, and poetic populism, \u003cem\u003eShallCross\u003c\/em\u003e showcases Wright's singular voice that navigates a rigorous space between journalistic activism, stunning narrative, sociopolitical outrage, and erotic lyricism. This dazzling collection is further evidence that Wright was among our most thrilling and innovative contemporary poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e. . . You are still young enough\u003cbr\u003eTo adopt a xolo\u003cbr\u003eWrite an opera on glass\u003cbr\u003eBed a chimera\u003cbr\u003eBedazzle and be devoured\u003cbr\u003eThe moonroof in your head \u003cbr\u003eSlowly sliding open\u003cbr\u003eTo the scent of oleander\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eC.D. Wright was born and raised in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. She has published over a dozen collections of poetry, most recently One With Others (Copper Canyon Press, 2011). She has received numerous awards including a MacArthur Fellowship and taught for many years at Brown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167394009223,"sku":"9781556595431","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d3ca6c61f43c968e6d57769c4601c950.webp?v=1733327335","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/shallcross-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}