{"product_id":"on-the-spectrum-of-possible-deaths-paperback","title":"On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucia Perillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of the Year selection; \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Poetry Book of the Year; winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award for Poetry; and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerillo has long lived with, and written about, her struggle with debilitating multiple sclerosis. Her bracing sixth book of poems takes an unflinching, though not unsmiling, look at mortality.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\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\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Victor the Shaman: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI feel the need for more humanitybecause the winter wren is not enough, even with its complicated music emanating\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom the brambles. So I relent to my friendwho keeps bugging me to see her shaman, tutored by the Indians who live at the base\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Monte Alb n. Tutored also by the heavy bagat Sonny's Gym: \u003c\/i\u003eBox like heaven \/ Fight like hell\u003ci\u003ehis T-shirt says; the graphic shows an angel's fist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eburied to the wrist in Satan's brisket, while the princeof dark jabs the angel's kisser . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucia Perillo\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in the suburbs of New York City in the 1960s. She graduated from McGill University in Montreal, completed her MA in English at Syracuse University, and for most of the 1990s she taught in the creative writing program at Southern Illinois University. She currently resides in Olympia, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\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 0.4 x 9.4 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771609579808,"sku":"9781556594151","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b1d562966415f630df75ea31f0dbc3e7.webp?v=1780389464","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-the-spectrum-of-possible-deaths-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}