{"product_id":"i-ask-the-impossible-poems-9780385720731","title":"I Ask the Impossible: Poems","description":"An Anchor Books Original \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cherished for her passionate fiction and exuberant essays, the author hailed by Julia Alvarez as \"una storyteller \u003ci\u003ede primera\u003c\/i\u003e,\" and by Barbara Kingsolver in \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eas \"impossible to resist,\" returns to her first love--poetry--to reveal an unwavering commitment to social justice, and a fervent embrace of the sensual world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the poems in \u003cb\u003eI Ask the Impossible\u003c\/b\u003e, Castillo celebrates the strength that \"is a woman buried deep in [her] heart.\" Whether memorializing real-life heroines who have risked their lives for humanity, spinning a lighthearted tale for her young son, or penning odes to mortals, gods, goddesses, Castillo's poems are eloquent and rich with insight. She shares over twelve years of poetic inspiration, from her days as a writer who \"once wrote poems in a basement with no heat,\" through the tenderness of motherhood and bitterness of loss, to the strength of love itself, which can \"make the impossible a simple act.\" Radiant with keen perception, wit, and urgency, sometimes erotic, often funny, this inspiring collection sounds the unmistakable voice of a \"woman on fire\" and \"more worthy than stone.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385720731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2000 pg. 1729\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoder Hispanic\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2001 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2001 pg. 1219\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ana Castillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838781784245,"sku":"9780385720731","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1aca51b7-7123-4275-ab51-ed1651f229f2.jpg?v=1712029751","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-ask-the-impossible-poems-9780385720731","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}