{"product_id":"the-volcano-paperback","title":"The Volcano - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNorman Dubie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of our premier poets.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDubie's dramatic poetry seeks to represent our deepest moments of perception, struggle, and revelation. Out of his voice come the voices of multitudes. Yet his achievement and vision are singular.--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e called Norman Dubie's poems extraordinary, and the evocative poems of \u003ci\u003eThe Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e certainly are: lyrically intense, hallucinatory, worldly, and precise. In a five-word poem, A New Moon, he laments, I will not see it. But there is much he \u003ci\u003edoes\u003c\/i\u003e see: DNA ladders, Sasquatch, Pontius Pilot's mealy figs, and a calliope of turtles \/ bobbing in the North Atlantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen fruit on a card table.\u003cbr\u003eAt the roadside, a small boy\u003cbr\u003egnawing on corn smiles\u003cbr\u003ewith efficient hunger--no one else\u003cbr\u003eis alive for a hundred square miles--\u003cbr\u003ethe road ruptured above and below him--\u003cbr\u003ethe jaguar smiles back\u003cbr\u003ein a white cap of ash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat is also the night . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Dubie\u003c\/b\u003e founded the MFA program at Arizona State University. He lives in Tempe, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 81\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\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 21, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167406755975,"sku":"9781556593260","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/eb43474a19a4e10311624f5b0e1aeaf1.webp?v=1733327426","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-volcano-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}