{"product_id":"her-mouth-as-souvenir-9781607816300","title":"Her Mouth as Souvenir","description":"Winner of the Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a startling voice propelled by desire and desperation on the verge of laughter, these poems leap from the mundane to the sublime, from begging to bravado, from despair to reverie, revealing the power that comes from hanging on by a thread. Poet Heather June Gibbons conjures belief in the absence of faith, loneliness in the digital age, beauty in the face of absurdity--all through the cataract of her sunglasses' cracked lens. In this debut collection, we are shown a world so turbulent, anxious, and beautiful, we know it must be ours. Under pressure, these poems sing. \u003cbr\u003e Includes a foreword by Jericho Brown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the poem \"Bobby Reads Chekhov\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e They say if you're sad, you haven't been \u003cbr\u003e smiling enough. Want to make better decisions? \u003cbr\u003e Eat more cheese. Perception is reality, \u003cbr\u003e my horrible boss used to say when I'd try \u003cbr\u003e to explain anything she couldn't see, \u003cbr\u003e though maybe she was right. Can we know \u003cbr\u003e reality any other way? The painter saw \u003cbr\u003e purple in the trees, so he painted them purple. \u003cbr\u003e Leaving the gallery, we see purple everywhere. \u003cbr\u003e Studies have shown meditation makes \u003cbr\u003e brain waves akin to coma. Is that so, \u003cbr\u003e you say, fingering your tiny screen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607816300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Heather June Gibbons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273732944053,"sku":"9781607816300","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bb93749e-57c8-40bf-900f-691a19b9cc01.jpg?v=1718082257","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/her-mouth-as-souvenir-9781607816300","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}