{"product_id":"undergloom-9781934200674","title":"Undergloom","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaking its title from the descent into Hell in the opening passage of Homer's Iliad--\"and crowded brave souls into the undergloom\"--Prageeta Sharma's fourth collection chronicles personal and internal wars using the American frontier as a central metaphor to address questions of community and belonging, outsiderness, and the inevitability of a racialized self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Will You Let Go For Ransom?\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNO.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd so deep was the fall, what a drop; I had nicks on my knuckles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is a passage of time for all of it to hold you, then you hold it, \u003cbr\u003eyou wring it by its neck, \u003cbr\u003eit's murderous and invisible--a darkling spot that grips.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd on some days, we would head to the bar--in the middle of the river, \u003cbr\u003ethe wail or the cries there found us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome colleagues had tears down each eye.\u003cbr\u003eSome other colleagues made them cry.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe tried handing them words, but it all became inaccurate fast.\u003cbr\u003eI held my purse in my fist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot sure if this was a place I could get mugged, \u003cbr\u003eBut I was reminded that it wasn't. I was still unsure.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first-generation child of a South Asian immigrant family and a native of Framingham, Massachusetts, \u003cb\u003ePrageeta Sharma \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eBliss to Fill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Opening Question \u003c\/i\u003e(selected by Peter Gizzi for the 2004 Fence Modern Poets Prize), and \u003ci\u003eInfamous Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the recipient of the 2010 Howard Foundation Grant. Sharma is associate professor and director of the creative writing program at the University of Montana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fence Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934200674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Prageeta Sharma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44848921772213,"sku":"9781934200674","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_58d9bd05-b333-47be-9494-10efa2d806dc.jpg?v=1732634285","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/undergloom-9781934200674","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}