{"product_id":"a-precise-chaos-9798990405059","title":"A Precise Chaos","description":"\u003cp\u003eA life-long commitment to social evolution - and, occasionally, revolution - animates the poems in Jo-Ann Mort's debut collection, \u003cem\u003eA Precise Chaos\u003c\/em\u003e. Moving from Mostar to Oaxaca, Paris to Taormina, Mort's peripatetic poems reflect her experiences as a trade union activist, a political organizer, and a peace activist in the Middle East. Refusing to evade the hard questions called for by a life honestly examined, she asks: \"We, who are so righteous.\/Where does it lead us?\" By publishing her first collection in her sixties, Mort succeeds in distilling a wealth of experience into something like wisdom: \"The men were larger than life\/starting revolutions in their heads and in their classrooms...\/\/The men were larger than life, \/so life eluded them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arrowsmith Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798990405059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.23d","brand":"Jo-Ann Mort","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45316433674421,"sku":"9798990405059","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a2fd0867-721f-4814-a73c-eb8afb1ddb1d.jpg?v=1745331153","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-precise-chaos-9798990405059","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}