{"product_id":"upgraded-to-serious-paperback","title":"Upgraded to Serious - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather McHugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf McHugh is serious, she's anything but grim; with all her punning, bantering, and mock scolding of herself . . . she brightens the shadowy corners of her world with verbal pyrotechnics.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer poems are open, resilient, invisibly twisted: part safety net, part trampoline.--\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fast-paced, verbally dexterous book--honored as a Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e--boils up and boils over as it utilizes medical terminology and iconography to work through loss and detachment. Heather McHugh's startling rhymes and rhythms, coupled with her sarcastic self-reflection and infectious laughter, serve as both palliative and prophylactic in the face of human sufferings and ignorance. Being upgraded to serious from critical condition is a nod to the healing powers of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot to Be Dwelled On\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelf-interest cropped up even there, \u003cbr\u003ethe day I hoisted three instead\u003cbr\u003eof the ceremonially called-for two\u003cbr\u003espadefuls of loam\u003cbr\u003eonto the coffin of my friend.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy shovel more than anybody else?\u003cbr\u003eWhat did I think I'd prove? More love\u003cbr\u003e(mud in her eye)? More will to work?\u003cbr\u003e(her father what, a shirker?) Christ, \u003cbr\u003ewhat wouldn't anybody give\u003cbr\u003eto get that gesture back?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe cannot die again; and I\u003cbr\u003edo nothing but re-live.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather McHugh\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a dozen books of poetry and translation. She teaches at the University of Washington and Warren Wilson College and lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather McHugh: Heather McHugh, recipient of a 2009 MacArthur Fellowship, is the author of thirteen books of poetry, translation, and literary essays. Her prize-winning translations include a Griffin International Poetry Prize and her volumes have been finalists for both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award. McHugh has taught literature and writing for over three decades, most regularly at the University of Washington in Seattle and in the low residency MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. From 1999 to 2005 she served as Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and in 2000 she was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 85\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771610890528,"sku":"9781556593956","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6999a6be8fe1440b1b424b157d9c7fa9.webp?v=1780389510","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/upgraded-to-serious-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}