{"product_id":"where-now-new-and-selected-poems-9781556595127","title":"Where Now: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Kasischke astonishes with her lyricism and metaphorical power.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every poem is exquisitely crafted, with crisp, clean lines and imagery that dazzles.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For Kasischke... poetry is a kind of revenge on the existential limits that it describes\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Kasischke's long-awaited selected poems presents the breadth of her probing vision that subverts the so-called \"normal.\" A lover of fairy tales, Kasischke showcases her command of the symbolic, with a keen attention to sound in her exploration of the everyday--whether reflections on loss or the complicated realities of childhood and family. As literary critic Stephen Burt wrote in \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The future will not see us by one poet alone....If there is any justice in that future, Kasischke is one of the poets it will choose.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis incandescent volume makes the case that Laura Kasischke is one of America's great poets, and her presence is secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"Dear Water\": \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am your lost daughter and, as always, you\u003cbr\u003eare listening \u0026amp; fish. Though\u003cbr\u003eI sift you for sunlight, it\u003cbr\u003eruns from me in glistening pins, vanishes\u003cbr\u003ein the wavering map\u003cbr\u003eof your ungraspable heart. When I\u003cbr\u003ereach in, you\u003cbr\u003eswallow my cold hands again, swallow\u003cbr\u003ethe joy they'd hold. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Kasischke is a poet and novelist whose fiction has been made into several feature-length films. Her book of poems, \u003ci\u003eSpace, in Chains\u003c\/i\u003e, won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She currently teaches at the University of Michigan and lives in Chelsea, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556595127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laura Kasischke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659691159708,"sku":"9781556595127","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1fe1e8c2-244a-407a-85b4-a16e63737b4b.jpg?v=1603895284","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/where-now-new-and-selected-poems-9781556595127","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}