{"product_id":"wolf-trees-poems-paperback","title":"Wolf Trees: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatie Hartsock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe forestry term \u003cem\u003ewolf tree\u003c\/em\u003e for a large specimen with spreading branches-\"prominent and self-isolating,\" just as \"[b]eing a good diabetic is lonely work\"-is a central conceit in Katie Hartsock's second full-length collection, \u003cem\u003eWolf Trees\u003c\/em\u003e. Hartsock muses on classical and modern figures (such as Hermes, Thetis, John the Baptist, Wyatt Earp, Dervla Murphy, Jane Jacobs), family, motherhood, the wolf and coywolf, glucose tablets, and the lot of the diabetic \"in a body that would have perished years \/ ago\" if not for medical advances. Through loss and hope, trials and triumphs, and the challenges and blessings of life and living, Katie Hartsock's \u003cem\u003eWolf Trees\u003c\/em\u003e uplifts the spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eWOLF TREES\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpanding from breast milk, stretch marks, and memories of miniskirts to the Farnese Hercules, the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, and, beautifully, in \"The Nipple Shield of Achilles,\" to the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e, Katie Hartsock's urgent and capacious poems contain multitudes. In unexpected and compelling ways, many of these poems reach from an intimate focus to the realm of myth and legend. Hartsock's vision makes her poems ramify like the archetypal tree of her title-shape-shifting, endlessly generative, and radiant with meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Rachel Hadas, author of \u003cem\u003eLove and Dread\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePiece by Piece\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatie Hartsock is one wonderful poet. She is the abundantly gifted, skilled, and generous keeper of world myths who is constantly cleaning, repairing, and representing ancient wisdom to us as new salve and fresh cure for the world as it is right now. \u003cem\u003eWolf Trees\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeous gathering of poems from one of America's brightest poetic voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Lorna Goodison, author of \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSupplying Salt and Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolf trees are tall mature trees that are not like the other trees-they stand out from their surroundings. The poems in Katie Hartsock's new collection are as strong, as enduring, as outstanding as the trees from which the book takes its title. These poems are assured, well rooted but with a light touch even as they address some of the deepest concerns we humans face. Our connections to the world around us are ever rooted in bodies, always leaky, ever changing, flawed and beautiful not despite but in large part because of those openings, those \"flaws.\" The poems in \u003cem\u003eWolf Trees\u003c\/em\u003e are about the becoming that is the human life, and they help us in the journey that is our own becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Jim Ferris, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Hospital Poems\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSlouching Toward Guantanamo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatie Hartsock is the author of two poetry collections, \u003cem\u003eWolf Trees (\u003c\/em\u003e2023) and \u003cem\u003eBed of Impatiens\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), both from Able Muse Press. Her poems appear widely, in journals such as \u003cem\u003eEcotone, Poetry, Kenyon Review, 32 Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eThreepenny Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Greensboro Review, Pleiades, Dappled Things\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew Criterion\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Beloit Poetry Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. She is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Oakland University in Michigan. She lives in Ann Arbor with her husband and their young sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776506364192,"sku":"9781773491202","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/00119ca11b3f9113379aa405f59acb29.webp?v=1780480821","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wolf-trees-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}