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Instead, the poems embrace the dislocation of grief and the absurdity of starting over.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Trio House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46710110159152,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2482\/3088\/files\/9781949487015-BattisteUpdatedCover12-21-19.jpg?v=1695058816"},{"product_id":"interrupted-geographies-by-iris-dunkle","title":"Interrupted Geographies by Iris Jamahl Dunkle","description":"","brand":"Trio House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46710315909424,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2482\/3088\/files\/Dunkle_InterruptedGeographies.jpg?v=1695059374"},{"product_id":"gold-passage-by-iris-jamahl-dunkle","title":"Gold Passage by Iris Jamahl Dunkle","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"In the moment at the beginning of language words were more than magical, naming things into existence.  A world in duress needs new poetry whose structures and intentions allow a humanizing.  I found the poems in Iris Dunkle's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGold Passage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto be as necessary as those original pronouncements.  Musical and delicate, this work comforts me with its flashes of knowledge that feel the same time ancient and utterly new.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-Kazim Ali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"One of the ancient symbols of poetry is Adam naming the animals of Eden--first connecting words with the world.  Iris Jamahl Dunkle's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGold Passage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epursues this Edenic mission.  The vibrant gesture of her poetry is to give names to the shifting images of existence - things as concrete as a bird or a bobcat or as mysterious as the weight of memory and the invisible energy of love.\" \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--Dana Gioia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"...I envy the east with which Dunkle mixes mythology and modernity, and love best how in her short meditative nature poems she weaves traces of the domestic life. 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You will receive an email after purchase, with a link to download the file. It will auto-load to Apple Books. You can add it to your Kindle by clicking on the file in Finder, choosing \"share file\" and then choosing \"send to Kindle\".\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eVerb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e explores the nuances and joys of Erdrich's artistic collaborations with choreographers, visual artists, filmmakers, galleries, and museums. 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