{"product_id":"the-clearing-poems-hardcover","title":"The Clearing: Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllison Adair\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Housatonic Book Award in Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2019 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, \u003cem\u003eThe Clearing \u003c\/em\u003eis \"a lush, lyrical book about a world where women are meant to carry things to safety and men leave decisively\" (Henri Cole).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuminous and electric from the first line to the last, Allison Adair's debut collection navigates the ever-shifting poles of violence and vulnerability with a singular incisiveness and a rich imagination. The women in these poems live in places that have been excavated for gold and precious ores, and they understand the nature of being hollowed out. From the midst of the Civil War to our current era, Adair charts fairy tales that are painfully familiar, never forgetting that violence is often accompanied by tenderness. Here we wonder, \"What if this time instead of crumbs the girl drops \/ teeth, her own, what else does she have\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Clearing\u003c\/em\u003e knows the dirt beneath our nails, both alone and as a country, and pries it gently loose until we remember something of who we are, \"from before...from a similar injury or kiss.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a dark beauty in this work, and Adair is a skilled stenographer of the silences around which we orbit. Described by Henri Cole as \"haunting and dirt caked,\" her unromantic poems of girlhood, nature, and family linger with an uncommon, unsettling resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllison Adair's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArts \u0026amp; Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals. Recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the \u003ci\u003eFlorida Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Award, the Orlando Prize, and first place in \u003ci\u003eMid-American Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Fineline Competition, she holds a MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Originally from central Pennsylvania, Allison Adair lives in Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769468158240,"sku":"9781571315144","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a85b0dde8624b74044e49f8370ca68d3_70fe5f7b-e576-44de-9f22-f9b86fbad40f.webp?v=1780348896","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-clearing-poems-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}