{"product_id":"imaginary-vessels-9781556594977","title":"Imaginary Vessels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling, appealing, cinematic . . . Rekdal refreshes the meaning and the image of being displaced in this world.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rekdal's work deeply satisfies, for it witnesses and wonders over the necessary struggles of human awareness and being.\" --\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In acknowledging the disappointing facts of our existence and singing her way into its amazement, she has created poetry that lives alongside the misery we sometimes witness--and sometimes cause.\" --\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaisley Rekdal questions how identity and being inhabit metaphorical and personified \"vessels,\" from blown glass and soap bubbles to skulls unearthed at the Colorado State Mental Institution. Whether writing short lyrics or a sonnet sequence celebrating Mae West, Rekdal's intellectually inquisitive and carefully researched poems delight in sound, meter, and head-on engagement. Illustrated with twelve Andrea Modica photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"You're\": \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVague as fog and turnip--hipped, a creel of eels\u003cbr\u003ethat slithers in stains. Dirty slate, you're\u003cbr\u003eDiamond Lil. She's you, you say. You're her. She's I. O\u003cbr\u003eMae, fifth grade, we dressed in feathers and our mothers' slit\u003cbr\u003epink slips, dipped into your schema and your accent, \u003cbr\u003easpiring (like you) to be able to order coffee and have it\u003cbr\u003esound like filth . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaisley Rekdal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books of poetry, a book of personal essays, and a mixed media book of photography, poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She lives in Salt Lake City and teaches at the University of Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556594977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2016 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2016 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paisley Rekdal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659691126940,"sku":"9781556594977","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_388e4465-3e9c-4b5f-8583-9189a05b8f1a.jpg?v=1603895284","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/imaginary-vessels-9781556594977","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}