{"product_id":"bright-dead-things-poems-paperback","title":"Bright Dead Things: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAda Limón\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, \u003cem\u003e Bright Dead Things\u003c\/em\u003e examines the dangerous thrill of living in a world you must leave one day and the search to find something that is \"disorderly, and marvelous, and ours.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book of bravado and introspection, of feminist swagger and harrowing loss, this fourth collection considers how we build our identities out of place and human contact--tracing in intimate detail the ways the speaker's sense of self both shifts and perseveres as she moves from New York City to rural Kentucky, loses a dear parent, ages past the capriciousness of youth, and falls in love. Ada Limón has often been a poet who wears her heart on her sleeve, but in these extraordinary poems that heart becomes a \"huge beating genius machine\" striving to embrace and understand the fullness of the present moment. \"I am beautiful. I am full of love. I am dying,\" the poet writes. Building on the legacies of forebears such as Frank O'Hara, Sharon Olds, and Mark Doty, Limón's work is consistently generous, accessible, and \"effortlessly lyrical\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e)--though every observed moment feels complexly thought, felt, and lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAda Limón\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four poetry collections. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Kentucky and California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760509976864,"sku":"9781571314710","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8453d4c66a6698cb8bc2c070876ddf9c.webp?v=1780181955","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bright-dead-things-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}