{"product_id":"on-the-spectrum-of-possible-deaths-hardcover","title":"On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucia Perillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonored as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eOn the Spectrum of Possible Deaths\u003c\/i\u003e are taut, lucid, lyric, filled with complex emotional reflection while avoiding the usual difficulties of highbrow poetry.--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerillo has long lived with, and written about, her struggle with debilitating multiple sclerosis. Her bracing sixth book of poems, published concurrently with her debut story collection, takes an unflinching, though not unsmiling, look at mortality. Perillo has a penchant for dark humor, for jokes that stick.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerillo's poetic persona is funny, tough, bold, smart, and righteous. A spellbinding storyteller and a poet who makes the demands of the form seem as natural as a handshake, she pulls readers into the beat and whirl of her slyly devastating descriptions.--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhoever told you poetry isn't for everyone hasn't read Lucia Perillo. She writes accessible, often funny poems that border on the profane.--\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucia Perillo's much lauded writing has been consistently fine--with its deep, fearless intelligence; its dark and delicious wit; its skillful lyricism; and its refreshingly cool but no less embracing humanity. --Open Books: A Poem Emporium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poetry of Lucia Perillo is fierce, tragicomic, and contrarian, with subjects ranging from coyotes and Scotch broom to local elections and family history. Formally braided, Perillo gathers strands of the mythic and mundane, of media and daily life, as she faces the treachery of illness and draws readers into poems rich in image and story.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen you spend many hours alone in a room\u003cbr\u003eyou have more than the usual chances to disgust yourself--\u003cbr\u003ethis is the problem of the body, not that it is mortal\u003cbr\u003ebut that it is mortifying. When we were young they taught us\u003cbr\u003edo not touch it, but who can keep from touching it, \u003cbr\u003efrom scratching off the juicy scab? Today I bit\u003cbr\u003ea thick hangnail and thought of Schneebaum, \u003cbr\u003ewho walked four days into the jungle\u003cbr\u003eand stayed for the kindness of the tribe--\u003cbr\u003ewho would have thought that cannibals would be so tender?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucia Perillo\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003ci\u003eInseminating the Elephant\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2009) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and received the Bobbitt award from the Library of Congress. She lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucia Perillo: Lucia Perillo graduated from McGill University in Montreal in 1979 with a major in wildlife management, and subsequently worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. She completed her MA in English at Syracuse University, and has published five books of poetry. She was a MacArthur Fellow in 2000 and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009. She lives in Olympia, Washington. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 81\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.6 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 29, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771608400160,"sku":"9781556593970","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/99c6e3ba168acf2a365b77c856568a64.webp?v=1780389452","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-the-spectrum-of-possible-deaths-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}