{"product_id":"by-stone-and-needle-poems-paperback","title":"By Stone and Needle: Poems - Paperback","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\u003eCatherine W. Carter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 L. E. Phillabaum Poetry Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShimmering to the pulse of the unseen, \u003ci\u003eBy Stone and Needle \u003c\/i\u003ecircles like a compass needle around the figure of the witch. Catherine Carter concocts a book of secular spells and incantations for engaging with, and meditating upon, a world in which all things are connected, in which symbol slides into literal, spirituality into science, exact observation into lamentation and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eBy Stone and Needle \u003c\/i\u003espin connecting threads between night sweats, witch drownings, creation stories, pedicures, goddesses--and, especially, between miraculously interconnected ecosystems and the forces that threaten them. Speakers encompass personae including lactobacilli bacteria, bodily yeasts, and the classical witch Medea, while elsewhere a contemporary version of the goddess Artemis appears in Appalachia. Carter's poetic vision imbues everyday moments such as putting on a coat, piercing an ear, confronting racism and patriarchy, or eating onion slices with a new definition of magic as \"the human thing.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine W. Carter \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of three previous poetry collections, most recently \u003ci\u003eLarvae of the Nearest Stars, \u003c\/i\u003e two chapbooks, and a co-translation of John Gower's Middle English poem \u003ci\u003eThe Lover's Confession\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRHINO, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731074806067,"sku":"9780807185070","price":30.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ceDW3GR7my9780807185070.webp?v=1763848613","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/by-stone-and-needle-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}