{"product_id":"the-mirrormaker-poems-paperback","title":"The Mirrormaker: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Laidlaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Mirrormaker\u003c\/em\u003e, songwriter and poet Brian Laidlaw melds myths ancient and contemporary among the raspberries, wolves, and taconite mines of Minnesota's Iron Range.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA companion volume to Laidlaw's 2015 project, \u003cem\u003eThe Stuntman\u003c\/em\u003e, this collection fuses the stories of two fabled couples: the mythical Narcissus and Echo, and Bob Dylan and Echo Star Helstrom, subject of the song \"Girl from the North Country.\" But where \u003cem\u003eThe Stuntman\u003c\/em\u003e focused on Narcissus, \u003cem\u003eThe Mirrormaker\u003c\/em\u003e takes its primary inspiration from Echo, drawing on ecocritical readings of American history and interrogating the masculine logic of resource extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these poems, Laidlaw explores themes of history and celebrity, love and longing, myth and meaning, in a landscape both ravaged and redemptive. He pits romantic obsession against self-obsession--\"The first time I saw the moon \/ I thought it was my idea\"--and asks whether a meaningful distinction can ever be drawn between the two. These themes are explored further in a companion song suite, written by Laidlaw and recorded with a longtime collaborator from the Iron Range, that accompanies this book via download.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharp, searching, and ecstatically musical, \u003cem\u003eThe Mirrormaker\u003c\/em\u003e is a genre-expanding exploration of boom and bust--in mining economies and in young love.\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 0.3 x 8.4 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771441742112,"sku":"9781571314840","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5de0f5561830a4fb08f6f0cef9ae8c7d.webp?v=1780386634","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-mirrormaker-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}