{"product_id":"sight-lines-9781556595592","title":"Sight Lines","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2019 National Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The sight lines in Sze's 10th collection are just that―imagistic lines strung together by jump-cuts, creating a filmic collage that itself seems to be a portrait of simultaneity.\" ―\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the current phenomenon of drawing calligraphy with water in public parks in China to Thomas Jefferson laying out dinosaur bones on the White House floor, from the last sighting of the axolotl to a man who stops building plutonium triggers, \u003cem\u003eSight Lines\u003c\/em\u003e moves through space and time and brings the disparate and divergent into stunning and meaningful focus. In this new work, Arthur Sze employs a wide range of voices--from lichen on a ceiling to a man behind on his rent--and his mythic imagination continually evokes how humans are endangering the planet; yet, balancing rigor with passion, he seizes the significant and luminous and transforms these moments into riveting and enduring poetry. \"These new poems are stronger yet and by confronting time head on, may best stand its tests.\" ―\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e \"The wonders and realities of the world as seen through travel, nature walks, and daily routine bring life to the poems in \u003ci\u003eSight Lines\u003c\/i\u003e.\" ―\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\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 04\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556595592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.60w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2019 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arthur Sze","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659693682844,"sku":"9781556595592","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_77e7d5a2-31fa-4db4-b670-36f3c649a211.jpg?v=1603895289","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sight-lines-9781556595592","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}