{"product_id":"the-ghost-forest-new-and-selected-poems-hardcover","title":"The Ghost Forest: New and Selected Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKimiko Hahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening with forty-three new formally inventive poems and leading the reader back in time through selections from her ten previous volumes, \u003cem\u003eThe Ghost Forest\u003c\/em\u003e offers a contemplative and haunting narrative of a writer's artistic journey through craft and form while illuminating her personal history. Exploring the mysteries of science, nature, and the experiences of contemporary womanhood, Hahn both reinvents classic Japanese forms and experiments with traditional Western ones. Braided into the poems and narrative thread, a series of photos transforms the new-and-selected into a hybrid autobiography. This arresting collection derives new beauty from long-gone remnants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Riotous Disorder\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e She mistakes one word for another--\u003cbr\u003e Something her brain naturally concocts.\u003cbr\u003e Her unruly gray matter and her heart\u003cbr\u003e Mistake one word for an other--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRazor\u003c\/em\u003e for \u003cem\u003eriver\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ecistern\u003c\/em\u003e for \u003cem\u003esister\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Even \u003cem\u003ecock\u003c\/em\u003e for \u003cem\u003eclock\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e She mistakes one word for a mother--\u003cbr\u003e A safe her brain naturally unlocks.--\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the Poetry of Kimiko Hahn\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most fascinating female poets of our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eBOMB\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A word for Hahn need not simply encompass two meanings; it can bloom into a many-petalled thing. [Like Dickinson's explosive verses], the closer you get to Hahn's wry verses, the more they are likely to blow you away.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Alicia Ostriker, poet, critic, and activist, from \u003cem\u003eAmerican Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kimiko Hahn moves through the rooms of the mind with an oneiric weightlessness. . . . [Her work is] is a beautiful and troubling book, a marriage of what matters most: the mysteries buried at our very core and the world that cradles and cuts into us at every turn.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and memoirist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rigorous intelligence, fierce anger, and finally a deep vulnerability inform [Kimiko Hahn's] poems.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Mark Doty, National Book Award-winning poet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753223684384,"sku":"9781324086062","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b7a862627550e0ee2bf64a52912694e3.webp?v=1780015225","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ghost-forest-new-and-selected-poems-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}