{"product_id":"civilians-poems-9780807183724","title":"Civilians: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe final volume in Jehanne Dubrow's groundbreaking trilogy about the experience of being a modern military spouse, \u003ci\u003eCivilians\u003c\/i\u003e examines a significant moment of transformation in a military marriage: the shift from active-duty service to civilian life. After twenty years in the U.S. Navy, Dubrow's husband came to the end of his tenure as an officer. \u003ci\u003eCivilians \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses what it means when someone who has been trained for war returns from the confining, restrictive space of a naval vessel. Set amid America's seemingly endless conflicts, Dubrow's poems confront pressing questions about the process of transitioning to a new reality as a noncombatant: What happens to the sailor removed from a world of uniforms and uniformity? How is his language changed? His geography? And what happens to a wife once physical and emotional distances are erased and she is reunited with her husband, a man made strange and foreign by his contact with war? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eCivilians \u003c\/i\u003eis a book both shadowed by and in conversation with the classics, including Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses, \u003c\/i\u003eHomer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey, \u003c\/i\u003eEuripides's\u003ci\u003e The Trojan Women, \u003c\/i\u003e and Sophocles's \u003ci\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/i\u003e. Blending formal and free verse, with materials ranging from the historical to the personal, Dubrow offers readers a candid look at the experience of watching a loved one adjust to homelife after a career of military service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807183724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Jehanne Dubrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000465973429,"sku":"9780807183724","price":17.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8df964b2-137b-4c70-a4ee-22de2fdda492.jpg?v=1736264896","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/civilians-poems-9780807183724","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}