{"product_id":"bonfire-opera-poems-paperback-1","title":"Bonfire Opera: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanusha Lameris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2021 Northern California Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2021 Patterson Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sometimes the most compelling landscapes are the ones where worlds collide: where a desert meets the sea, a civilization, no-man's land. Here in \u003ci\u003eBonfire Opera, \u003c\/i\u003e grief and Eros grapple in the same domain. A bullet-hole through the heart, a house full of ripe persimmons, a ghost in a garden. Coyotes cry out on the hill, and lovers find themselves kissing, \"bee-stung, drunk\" in the middle of road. Here, the dust is holy, as is the dark, unknown. These are poems that praise the impossible, wild world, finding beauty in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanusha Laméris \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moons of August\u003c\/i\u003e, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize and was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award. Some of her poems have been published in: \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Ploughshares. \u003c\/i\u003eShe teaches poetry independently, and is the current Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 62\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350514811129,"sku":"9780822966050","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZGJFazlvM1RaSlRIai9HQzRjK3NDQT09_e9179e1f-cb62-4bb1-bb14-046f12171722.webp?v=1769786631","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bonfire-opera-poems-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}