{"product_id":"the-carnival-of-affection-paperback","title":"The Carnival of Affection - 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\u003ePhilip F. Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are not many truly unusual experiences; there are uniquely precise explications of experiences. These precise explications are rare, but \u003cem\u003eThe Carnival of Affection \u003c\/em\u003eoffers them. These poems open windows into experience: A father raises a gay son laconically, evenhandedly, and their early time together resonates for decades. An early riser sifts the secret currents of his neighborhood. The mind and body watch each other in the intimate processes of age and sex. Mourners suffer the ceremonial gestures and scents of a funeral, a polite horror separate from the horror of death. The opposite of \u003cem\u003ethrough a glass darkly\u003c\/em\u003e, this is Dickensian perception that goes well beyond both ends of the ordinary human perceptual arc.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003e Laura Argiri\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe God in Flight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tender and lyrical, unflinching yet sensitive, this collection delves deep into the heart and its contradictions. Father figures and lovers, alluring strangers and lost friends: the men who figure in these finely crafted poems are at once emblematic and particular. With empathy and humor, Philip F. Clark's work revels in lust and desire. He mourns the dead and celebrates the living, often circling back to literature's sustaining power: \u003cem\u003eall night the man became a book.\u003c\/em\u003e He draws us towards what's spoken and felt and what's withheld and remembered, catching the human body, the carnal, in its elusive beauty: \u003cem\u003eYou stop my breath \/ as your beauty perfects \/\/ an exclamation point. \/ Your soul an ampersand.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eKateri Lanthier\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e author of \u003cem\u003eSiren\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728049795379,"sku":"9781943977413","price":23.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OWZYMU1UZ2IwanJEQVJDeFRNL3F2Zz09.webp?v=1763773273","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-carnival-of-affection-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}