{"product_id":"lightwall-9780981552125","title":"Lightwall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Liliana Ursu's poems are like flowers at the edge of the abyss. They are beautifully clear and precise, but behind them one glimpses the presence of an ineradicable dark.\"--Mark Strand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ursu writes poetry that is wild and unpredictable, on the brink of flying away beyond real and imagined borders. Her short poems are stunning, unforgettable, and expertly translated into exciting English texts by Sean Cotter.\"--Ray Gonzalez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLightwall\u003c\/i\u003e refers to the angled casements built to reflect sunlight into basement apartments in Bucharest. These poems bring light where it ordinarily does not reach: Romanian trains, old suitcases, the medieval city where Ursu was born. Her poems connect her home in old Bucharest to her travels in the United States, and her Orthodox spirituality with her modern, Balkan context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Snapshot\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout dill, tarragon, and Ibiza\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI cannot write the same way.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout jets, juniper, and January\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI can.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout roundhouses, surroundings, and sleigh bells\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe only ones who write the same\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eare hills and angels.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiliana Ursu\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, prose writer, and translator. She has published seventeen books in Romania and three have been translated into English. Ursu produces radio programs in Bucharest, has received two Fulbright grants to teach at Penn State, and has also taught creative writing at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Cotter\u003c\/b\u003e has translated four books of Romanian poetry, including Zephyr's volume of Liliana Ursu's poetry, \u003ci\u003eGoldsmith Market\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zephyr Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780981552125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Liliana Ursu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034317090997,"sku":"9780981552125","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_187edbeb-df0e-43c6-9eab-bac784b5f179.jpg?v=1763593590","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lightwall-9780981552125","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}