{"product_id":"approaching-the-gate-poems-9780985981853","title":"Approaching the Gate: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynette Reini-Grandell's long-anticipated debut collection of poetry quickens with forward movement, be it in a car that pushes towards the stars--or with a horse that suddenly spooks, leaving the speaker knocked down, \/ breathless, \/ turning to the sight of a thousand-pound horse \/ rushing the gate \/ and leaping over my head. Several of the poems probe the experience of her grandparents who emigrated from Finland and settled on a farm in northern Minnesota in the early twentieth century. The urge to move forward is matched with a deep love and reverence for creatures living in their natural world, for the buzz of the city, for unmet ancestors and kindred spirits, and most especially for her transgender husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApproaching the Gate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeel back the feathers, peel back the fur.\u003cbr\u003eThe pale, protective skin--peel that away too.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePull apart anything that covers, \u003cbr\u003escrape away whatever doesn't fit.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet light stream in at the speed of blood, \u003cbr\u003eslice past cornea, sclera, iris, retina.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnything to fell the green-leaved past\u003cbr\u003eand pave a roadway, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eanything to get to the inside, \u003cbr\u003eanything to plow this ground under.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynette Reini-Grandell\u003c\/b\u003e's poetry has received grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Finlandia Foundation. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and is part of an art installation in room 5D of the Carlton Arms Hotel in Manhattan. In Minneapolis, she reads regularly with the Bosso Poetry Company, a subsidiary of Bosso Enterprises, theoretically based in Big Lever, Wyoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holy Cow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780985981853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Northeastern Minnesota Book Award - Winner","brand":"Lynette Reini-Grandell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769692557493,"sku":"9780985981853","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4a2780af-6f36-4fc5-9e39-b8f5424433e2.jpg?v=1678835026","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/approaching-the-gate-poems-9780985981853","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}