{"product_id":"naming-the-stars-poems-paperback","title":"Naming the Stars: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Sutphen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the poems in \u003ci\u003eNaming the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e are about the difficulty of balancing the desires of one self with those of another and the problem of solving the arguments between the body and the soul. The collection's perspective often shifts as the poet wonders how to tell a story that she is not certain she understands even as she lives it, but she finds solace in the sonnet and near-sonnet, giving the volume a recurring shape and a sequential thread. This is Sutphen's third book of poems and it is a change, both in style and subject matter: the poems here are more immediate and revealing emotionally, and the language (lean and complex) matches this intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaming the Stars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis present tragedy will eventually\u003cbr\u003eturn into myth, and in the mist\u003cbr\u003eof that later telling the bell tolling\u003cbr\u003enow will be a symbol, or, at least, \u003cbr\u003e a sign of something long since lost.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis will be another one of those\u003cbr\u003eloose changes, the rearrangement of\u003cbr\u003ehearts, just parts of old lives\u003cbr\u003epatched together, gathered into\u003cbr\u003ea dim constellation, small consolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook, we will say, you can almost see\u003cbr\u003ethe outline there: her fingertips\u003cbr\u003etouching his, the faint fusion\u003cbr\u003eof two bodies breaking into light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Sutphen\u003c\/b\u003e's first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eStraight Out of View\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Barnard New Women's Poets Prize (Beacon Press, 1995) and was recently republished by Holy Cow  Press (2001). Her second book of poems, \u003ci\u003eComing Back to the Body\u003c\/i\u003e (Holy Cow  Press, 2000), was a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award in Poetry. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry, The Gettysburg Review, Shenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. She has read her work on NPR's \u003ci\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/i\u003e. Ms. Sutphen's awards include the Eunice Tietjen's Memorial Prize from Poetry magazine, a Loft-McKnight Artist Fellowship, a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, and grants from the Jerome Foundation. She holds a Ph.D in Renaissance Drama and teaches literature and creative writing at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.\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 0.24 x 8.74 x 5.75 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minnesota Book Award (2005)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772884549920,"sku":"9780930100056","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5b22d3964fee47f74e2ff0b2c045ddb5.webp?v=1780416088","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/naming-the-stars-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}