{"product_id":"landsickness-paperback","title":"Landsickness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeigh Lucas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyric essay about young love and loss and the aftermath of a former lover's suicide.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandsickness \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the inelegant progress of grief and pursues a relentless search for evidence of the beloved's presence through the physics of splashes, the history of seasickness, and the science of depression. While full of tenderness, the poems employ humor and honesty to observe the ugliness of grief and the failure of elegy to restore the dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the funeral to the office of her dead-end job to navigating the streets of New York, the speaker experiences a series of false starts as she learns to cope with her new life. Still, there is a real sense of progression in the collection's end, even as the speaker continues to ask herself: \"Why am I obsessed with the physics of his fall?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeigh Lucas\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson and a BA from Stanford and lives on the coast of Northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.08 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748347609376,"sku":"9781961209091","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/933bd177af827cb407692ed3e6ba4178.webp?v=1779908514","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/landsickness-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}