{"product_id":"kitchen-heat-poems-hardcover","title":"Kitchen Heat: Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAva Leavell Haymon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKitchen Heat records in woman's language the charm and bite of domestic life. Ava Leavell Haymon's poems form a collection of Household Tales, unswerving and unsentimental, serving up the strenuous intimacies, children, meals, pets, roused memories, outrages, and solaces of marriage and family. Some of the poems are comic, such as \"Conjugal Love Poem,\" about a wife who resists giving her husband the pity he seeks when complaining about a cold. Others find myth and fairy tale lived out in contemporary setting, with ironic result. Others rename the cast of characters: husband and wife become rhinoceros and ox; a carpool driver, the ominous figure Denmother.An elderly female is Old Grandmother, who creates time and granddaughters from oyster stew. The humidity of Deep South summers and steam from Louisiana recipes contribute to a simmering language, out of which people and images emerge and into which they dissolve again.\u003cbr\u003eDenmother went to college in the 60s, \u003cbr\u003ecould pin your ears back at a cocktail party.\u003cbr\u003eHer laugh had an edge to it, \u003cbr\u003eand her yard was always cut.She grew twisted herbs in the flower beds, \u003cbr\u003ehid them like weeks among dumpy marigolds.\u003cbr\u003eThe wolfsbane killed the pansies\u003cbr\u003ebefore they bloomed much.She'd look at you real straight and talk\u003cbr\u003eabout nuclear power plants or abortion. At home\u003cbr\u003ealone she boiled red potatoes all night\u003cbr\u003eto make the primitive starch that holds up the clouds.\u003cbr\u003e -- \"Denmother's Conversation\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva Leavell Haymon, named Poet Laureate of Louisiana in 2013, is the author of the poetry collections Eldest Daughter, Why the House Is Made of Gingerbread, and The Strict Economy of Fire. She teaches poetry writing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and directs a writers' retreat center in the mountains of New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.32 x 6.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757684457760,"sku":"9780807131718","price":72.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2726e564a6b7de4143545ad605adae62_dfa7319f-cce6-48a2-ae5f-f89d78a6851c.webp?v=1780108951","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/kitchen-heat-poems-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}