{"product_id":"all-of-it-hardcover","title":"All of It - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKat Crawford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAll of It\u003c\/em\u003e, Kat Crawford shows us \"the sheen, glisten, prickle and shiver\" of the things of this world and \"lets loose with [her] resonant voice.\" The result is a collection of deliciously imagistic poems that cares about \"all of it.\" From the playful \"cat glasses with copper sparkles\" to the deadly \"lies...contagious as leprosy,\" and as much as can be fit between these two extremes-including \"red lipstick on shapely lips,\" and \"a dog that knows the sound of toast\"-Crawford's unforgettable images permeate this passionately crafted chapbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Terry Lucas\u003c\/strong\u003e, poet, poetry coach and Poet Laureate of Marin County, California from 2019-2021. His collections include \u003cem\u003eDharma Rain, In This Room, If They Have Ears to Hear\u003c\/em\u003e and his latest book, \u003cem\u003eThe Thing Itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKat Crawford's \u003cem\u003eAll of It\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates our \"odd \u0026amp; rangy americanism\" with poems that are packed with all kinds of stuff-\" mesquite trees, saffron flowers, headlights, mongoose, \/ feral cats, painters, healers, stealers, teachers, and drunks. All of it.\" These are lush and generous poems that invite us to see the common things of the world for the miracles that they are. Her generous eye takes it all in, even the splayed guts of human violence. Yet Crawford remains forward-looking, like Whitman, confident that we can build something good with \"one blade of dry grass after another.\" In the darkest of poems, she affirms that \"goddesses and demons walk down the street, lighting lamps.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Joan Baranow\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eIn the Next Life\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLiving Apart.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this \"great flood of the world and its contents,\" emerging poet of the highest water Kat Crawford offers image after astounding image, each clear as a precision-cut gem. At once vulnerable and courageous, earthy and transcendent, this collection is a weaving of uncanny odes and deep remembrances, timely urgencies and visionary dreams. Crawford invites us into a sacred realm where \"everything counts.\" When she asks in the opening and title poem, \"Can you stay for awhile?\" my heart leaps to answer: Yes!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Prartho Sereno\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eIndian Rope Trick\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eElephant Raga\u003c\/em\u003e, founder of the online writing workshop, Poetic Pilgrimage: Poem-Making as Spiritual Practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728700272947,"sku":"9781646625918","price":42.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/T24vcEFFVUxzU2ZSTUozeUhZNDdTUT09.webp?v=1763791179","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/all-of-it-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}