{"product_id":"the-loving-detail-of-the-living-the-dead-paperback","title":"The Loving Detail of the Living \u0026 the Dead - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEleni Sikelianos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnforgettable. \u003cb\u003e--Michael Ondaatje\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese rhythmic poems negotiate the collisions between past, present, and future--and outline a universal mythology of the self. Exploring the overlapping arrangements of time and memory, life and death, Sikelianos skillfully draws lines from everyday minutiae towards an interior world where we are \"carrying our own living ghost inside.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eComes to me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe future comes to me\u003cbr\u003ewith a horrifying screech\u003cbr\u003ethen it comes to me softly\u003cbr\u003elike a weeping cloud\u003cbr\u003eand it comes to me like\u003cbr\u003ea fish, glass-eyed, flopping\u003cbr\u003eand it comes to erotically\u003cbr\u003emeanly\u0026amp; sharp\u003cbr\u003eit comes to me cashed out rolling\u003cbr\u003eelectronically\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ein my future life I was\u003cbr\u003ea cowboy, killed\u003cbr\u003ein a bar fight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ea flamingo in snow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleni Sikelianos\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe California Poem\u003c\/i\u003e, a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Best Book of the Year. She directs the University of Denver's Creative Writing program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleni Sikelianos\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eBody Clock\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe California Poem, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Best of the Year, as well as a hybrid memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Jon.\u003c\/i\u003e Sikelianos teaches in and directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Denver. A California native, longtime New Yorker, and world traveler, she now lives in Boulder with her husband, the novelist Laird Hunt, and their daughter, Eva Grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771489288480,"sku":"9781566893244","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fba616fb997685aa5c970128954c876a.webp?v=1780387493","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-loving-detail-of-the-living-the-dead-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}