{"product_id":"lampblack-ash-poems-paperback","title":"Lampblack \u0026 Ash: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimone Muench\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is something utterly in thrall here, honey-slow and fixated. Driven by obsession--in particular, obsession with the legendary French poet, Robert Desnos--Muench's identification with a true self beyond the self's known truth is startling.\u003cbr\u003e--from the introduction by Carol Muske-Dukes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Simone's poems have a confidence and sophistication of what I like to call intentionality. Also wit, grace, poise, and a relationship to writing beyond self-referential feeling.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Anne Waldman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lush, sprouting, sensuous images line-by-line, adopting myth freely, Muench's poems are volatile explosives, circling beauty.\"--James Tate\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimone Muench was raised in Louisiana and Arkansas and now lives in Chicago. She is the author of The Air Lost in Breathing (2000 Marianne Moore Prize) and Lampblack \u0026amp; Ash (2004 Kathryn A. Morton Prize). She received her Ph.D from the University of Illinois-Chicago and is director of the Writing Program at Lewis University and an editor for Sharkforum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 71\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9.04 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769963610400,"sku":"9781932511277","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b8d930875ba179ae72fbf845a8515ffd.webp?v=1780361108","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lampblack-ash-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}