{"product_id":"holiday-in-the-islands-of-grief-poems-paperback-1","title":"Holiday in the Islands of Grief: 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\u003eJeffrey McDaniel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his new collection, Jeffrey McDaniel confronts the insular and expansive qualities of loss. With electric language and surrealistic imagery, McDaniel's poems deliver the quotidian elements of middle-age life while weaving us in \u0026amp; out of childhood and adulthood alongside body and mind. The tragic and life affirming share the same page and the same world, reminding us how close corruption can be to innocence; domesticity to fantasy; aging to youth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are underwater off the coast of Belize.\u003cbr\u003e The water is lit up even though its dark\u003cbr\u003e as if there are illuminated seashells\u003cbr\u003e scattered on the ocean floor.\u003cbr\u003e We're not wearing oxygen tanks, \u003cbr\u003e yet staying underwater for long stretches.\u003cbr\u003e We are looking for the body of the boy\u003cbr\u003e we lost. Each year he grows a little older.\u003cbr\u003e Last December I opened his knapsack\u003cbr\u003e and stuck in a plastic box of carrots. \u003cbr\u003e Even though we're underwater, we hear\u003cbr\u003e a song playing over a policeman's radio.\u003cbr\u003e He comes to the shoreline to park\u003cbr\u003e and eat midnight sandwiches, his headlights\u003cbr\u003e fanning out across the harbor.\u003cbr\u003e And I hold you close, apple of my closed eye, \u003cbr\u003e red dance of my opened fist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey McDaniel \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of five books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eChapel of Inadvertent Joy\u003c\/i\u003e. Other books include \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEndarkenment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Splinter Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Forgiveness Parade\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAlibi School\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, he teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in the Hudson Valley.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52729711100211,"sku":"9780822966104","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Rk-kfuqpk49780822966104.webp?v=1782967068","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/holiday-in-the-islands-of-grief-poems-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}