{"product_id":"for-today-poems-paperback","title":"For Today: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Hembree\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAva Leavell Haymon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revelatory collection of poems set in the Gulf South, Carolyn Hembree's \u003ci\u003eFor Today\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the experience of a woman who becomes a mother shortly after her father's death and struggles to raise her child amid private and public turmoil. Written in closed and nonce forms that give way to the field composition of the maximalist title poem, the work explores grief, rage, and love in a community vulnerable to Anthropocene climate disasters. Through relationships with her daughter, neighbors, friends, ancestors, other poets (living and dead), and the earth, the speaker is freed to accept and celebrate her own perishability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Hembree\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSkinny\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague.\u003c\/i\u003e She is associate professor at the University of New Orleans and serves as poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eBayou Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776432144672,"sku":"9780807181423","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2069f8361c84fd3498385845edb44301.webp?v=1780479411","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/for-today-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}