{"product_id":"five-paragraph-essay-on-the-body-mind-problem-9780819501851","title":"Five-Paragraph Essay on the Body-Mind Problem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inventive, poignant and witty collection that speaks to the intricacies of love, both domestic and wild\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2024 Cardinal Poetry Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive-Paragraph Essay on the Body-Mind Problem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the inaugural winner of the Cardinal Poetry Prize, selected by renowned poet Robert Pinsky. In free verse and invented poetic forms, Rachel Trousdale explores how the interplay between the mind and body illuminates our most important relationships, whether with other humans, wild spaces, or works of art. Inhabited by crows, yetis, coral reefs, and aliens, these poems playfully examine the intensity and conflict of romantic love; the entropic joys of parenthood; illness and grief; and the ways our physical loves and intangible losses teach us responsibility to the world around us. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Sample Poem]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove Poem With Dereliction of Duty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's true--I like you more than I like\u003cbr\u003ethe Marquis de Sade; God that\u003cbr\u003emid-April afternoon in 1995, \u003cbr\u003ewhen I said, \"let's take a walk\"\u003cbr\u003eand you said \"sure\" and we circled\u003cbr\u003ethe New Haven Green saying\u003cbr\u003ewho the hell knows what\u003cbr\u003ebecause if we had seen\u003cbr\u003eall this falling in love stuff coming, we\u003cbr\u003ewould have paid more attention;\u003cbr\u003eI just know it took two hours, \u003cbr\u003epast the churches and the porn shop\u003cbr\u003eand over to the cemetery with all\u003cbr\u003ethose skull-topped slabs leaning\u003cbr\u003ememorially against the brownstone wall;\u003cbr\u003eround and round we went like marbles\u003cbr\u003edodging the traps in a game\u003cbr\u003eof labyrinth; and finally back\u003cbr\u003eto campus through that big stone gate\u003cbr\u003ewhich we entered just as the prof\u003cbr\u003eof the philosophy class I was skipping\u003cbr\u003ecame out and I said oh the pain\u003cbr\u003ethe pain I can't take it any more\u003cbr\u003eand doubled up laughing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819501851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 6.14w x 0.23d","brand":"Rachel Trousdale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058767552693,"sku":"9780819501851","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_552e0c11-1179-4af8-8827-01d93c30b7ab.jpg?v=1738078329","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/five-paragraph-essay-on-the-body-mind-problem-9780819501851","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}