{"product_id":"dissolve-paperback","title":"Dissolve - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSherwin Bitsui\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bitsui's poetry returns things to their basic elements and voice in a flowing language rife with illuminating images. A great reading experience for those who like serious and innovative poetry.\" --\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon Navajo history and enduring tradition, Sherwin Bitsui leads us on a treacherous, otherworldly passage through the American Southwest. Fluidly shape-shifting and captured by language that functions like a moving camera, \u003cem\u003eDissolve\u003c\/em\u003e is urban and rural, past and present in the haze of the reservation. Bitsui proves himself to be one of this century's most haunting, raw, and uncompromising voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \"(Untitled)\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e. . . Jeweled with houseflies, \u003cbr\u003eleather rattles, foil-wrapped, \u003cbr\u003eferment in beaked masks \u003cbr\u003eon the shores of evaporating lakes.\u003cbr\u003eThis plot, now a hotel garden, \u003cbr\u003eits fountain gushing forth--\u003cbr\u003ethe slashed wrists of the Colorado River.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSherwin Bitsui \u003c\/strong\u003ewas raised in White Cone, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. He is the author of two other books of poetry, among them \u003cem\u003eFlood Song\u003c\/em\u003e, which won an American Book Award. He currently lives in Arizona where he has serves on the faculty of the Institute of American Indian Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSherwin Bitsui was raised in White Cone, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. He is the author of two other books of poetry, among them Flood Song, which won an American Book Award in 2010. He currently lives in Arizona where he has served as the faculty of the Institute of American Indian Arts since 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760543072544,"sku":"9781556595455","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/944f85aa48a8ed8347cce6723ce6c1eb.webp?v=1780182871","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dissolve-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}