{"product_id":"the-human-line-9781556592553","title":"The Human Line","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Poetry,\" writes best-selling author Ellen Bass, \"is the way I pay attention, appreciate, give praise, struggle, grieve, rage, and pray. It's the way I embody my love for the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Human Line, \u003c\/i\u003e Bass' seventh book of poems, startles with its precise detail, intimate images, and wild metaphors. Bass brings attention to life's endearing absurdities, and many of the poems flash with a keen sense of humor. She also faces many of the crucial moral dilemmas of our time--genetic engineering, environmental issues, continuous war, heterosexism--and grounds her vision in the small, private workings of the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e. . . When I get home, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emy son has a headache, and though he's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ealmost grown, asks me to sing him a song.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe lie together on the lumpy couch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand I warble out the old show tunes, \u003c\/i\u003e Night and Day . . .\u003cbr\u003eThey Can't Take That Away from Me\u003ci\u003e . . . A cheap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003esilver chain shimmers across his throat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003erising and falling with his pulse. There never was\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eanything else. Only these excruciatingly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003einsignificant creatures we love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEllen Bass\u003c\/b\u003e is co-author of the million-selling book \u003ci\u003eCourage to Heal.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives and teaches in Santa Cruz, California.\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 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.10w x 0.31d","brand":"Ellen Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659688964252,"sku":"9781556592553","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_34039949-b44f-4cd1-a2d6-84c4f2b1d439.jpg?v=1603895277","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-human-line-9781556592553","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}