{"product_id":"unmoored-poems-paperback","title":"Unmoored: Poems Volume 6 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Burk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Poet Suzanne Cleary, author of \u003ci\u003eCrude Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, says this about Elizabeth Burk's new poetry collection, \"\u003ci\u003eUnmoored\u003c\/i\u003e is both existentially serious and massively entertaining.\" It is arranged loosely in the form of a memoir--as a New Yorker who married a Cajun, Burk lives part-time in southwest Louisiana and has published two chapbooks describing this experience\u003ci\u003e, Learning to Love Louisiana\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLouisiana Purchase\u003c\/i\u003e. This new collection includes many poems from these chapbooks as well as new poems that focus on aging--on getting through the last stretch of life with grace and humor. Burk has compiled her work into a poetic memoir of a life well-lived and well-examined for all of its eccentricities and triumphs. Undoubtedly, \u003ci\u003eUnmoored\u003c\/i\u003e can be counted among the latter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ELIZABETH BURK is a psychologist and a native New Yorker who divides her time between her family in New York and a home and husband in southwest Louisiana. She is the author of three previous collections: \u003ci\u003eLearning to Love Louisiana\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLouisiana Purchase\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDuet: Poet \u0026amp; Photographer\u003c\/i\u003e, a collaboration with her photographer husband, Leo Touchet. Her poems, prose pieces, and reviews have been published in various journals and anthologies including \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Review, Rattle, Southern Poetry Anthology, Louisiana Literature, Passager, Pithead Chapel, ONE ART, PANK\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150509052039,"sku":"9781680033557","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4bf9f6bc4babbe0f33a5a8e4321956de.webp?v=1733200086","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/unmoored-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}