{"product_id":"songs-of-unreason-9781556593901","title":"Songs of Unreason","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 on the Poetry Foundation Bestseller List; a Michigan Notable Book; a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautifully mysterious inquiry.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSongs of Unreason\u003c\/i\u003e, Harrison's latest collection of poetry, is a wonderful defense of the possibilities of living.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Industrial Worker Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As in all good poetry, Harrison's lines linger to be ruminated upon a third or fourth time, with each new reading revealing more substance and raising more questions.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Harrison's compelling and provocative \u003ci\u003eSongs of Unreason\u003c\/i\u003e explores what it means to inhabit the world in atavistic, primitive, and totemistic ways. \"This can be disturbing to the learned,\" Harrison admits. Using interconnected suites, brief lyrics, and rollicking narratives, Harrison's passions and concerns--creeks, thickets, time's effervescence, familiar love--emerge by turns painful and celebratory, localized and exiled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Suite to Unreason\": \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere's my medicine bag? It's either hiddenor doesn't exist. Inside are memories of earth: corn pollen, a bear claw, an umbilical cord. If they exist they help me ride the darkheavens of this life. Such fragile wings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eLegends of the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRiver Swimmer\u003c\/i\u003e, and has served as the food columnist for \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. Harrison divides his time between Montana and southern Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\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 09\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556593901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.05w x 0.48d","brand":"Jim Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659689619612,"sku":"9781556593901","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0f00b402-6c77-4020-a4e8-2b9a2b52aba5.jpg?v=1603895280","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/songs-of-unreason-9781556593901","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}