{"product_id":"time-will-clean-the-carcass-bones-selected-and-new-poems-paperback","title":"Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones: Selected and New Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucia Perillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perillo's poetic persona is funny, tough, bold, smart, and righteous. A spellbinding storyteller and a poet who makes the demands of the form seem as natural as a handshake.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The poems  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\u003eMacArthur Genius Award winner Lucia Perillo is a fearless poet who, with characteristic humor and incisive irony, confronts the failings and wonder of nature, particularly the frail and resilient human body. This generous collection draws upon five previous volumes, including books selected as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"100 Notable Books of the Year\" and as a finalist for the Pulitzer prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"Again, the Body\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you spend many hours alone in a room\u003cbr\u003eyou have more than the usual chances to disgust yourself--\u003cbr\u003ethis is the problem of the body, not that it is mortal\u003cbr\u003ebut that it is mortifying. When we were young they taught us\u003cbr\u003edo not touch it, but who can keep from touching it, \u003cbr\u003efrom scratching off the juicy scab?...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucia Perillo\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from McGill University in Montreal 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 eight books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. She was a MacArthur Fellow and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She lives in Olympia, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucia Perillo: Lucia Perillo graduated from McGill University in Montreal 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 nine books of poetry and prose. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2000 and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2009. She lives in Olympia, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771606925600,"sku":"9781556595028","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/63a482a72e951200d9dac2ec9371b17d.webp?v=1780389399","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/time-will-clean-the-carcass-bones-selected-and-new-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}