{"product_id":"speech-crush-9781957062044","title":"Speech Crush","description":"\u003cem\u003eLike kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing a broken vessel with lines of tree sap and gold, the poems in Sandra McPherson's new book, Speech Crush, run a vein of intelligence and attention through often harrowing experiences-of deep loss, of scammers and self-immolators, of institutionalization and separations that rival those of Elizabeth Bishop's \"One Art.\" And like the work of Bishop and Leonard Cohen, two poets whose long practice led us to a place whose gates are suffering and wisdom, McPherson's poems ask us to take into ourselves a wrecked, a transformed beauty. Here it is.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003eJordan Smith, author of \u003cem\u003eLittle Black Train \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCommon Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eReaders intimately acquainted with Sandra McPherson's vivid, metaphorical voice and her wise poetic conscience over the decades-as well as readers encountering her soul-stirring poems of the environment for the first time, or delighted by her daughter's precise musicality in the title poem-will receive blessings beyond measure from Speech Crush. This dazzling treasury celebrates the bejeweled fruitfulness of a woman's life-journey with the strength and tenderness of a redwood's annular rings. This book is a rare and tremendous gift.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003eKaren An-hwei Lee, author of \u003cem\u003eRose is a Verb: Neo-Georgics, Sonata in K, Phyla of Joy, Ardor\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e In Medias Res\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gunpowder Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957062044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Sandra McPherson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42496218136757,"sku":"9781957062044","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_69d6ba34-8a39-4c27-b80f-0fd4fbdab6fd.jpg?v=1667922143","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/speech-crush-9781957062044","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}