{"product_id":"joyful-orphan-poems-paperback","title":"Joyful Orphan: 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\u003eMark Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through poems of witness, species and habitat extinction, war, pandemic, technology, history, and race, Mark Irwin's elegant collection of poetry explores the collision between metropolis and wilderness, and engages with forms of spirit that cannot be bound. With the incursion of electronic communication, our connections with one another have been radically distorted. Irwin's poems confront what it means to be human, and how conflict, along with the interface between technology and humanity, can cause us to become orphaned in many different ways. But it is our decision to be joyful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Excerpt from \"Letter\" \u003cbr\u003e Times when we touch hope like the hem of a cloud \u003cbr\u003e just as when we touch a body or door, or think \u003cbr\u003e of the dead come back, romancing \u003cbr\u003e us through the warp of memory, lighting a way \u003cbr\u003e by luring . . . \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eleven collections of poetry, including his most recently published work, \u003ci\u003eShimmer\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review, Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Recognition for his work includes The Nation\/Discovery Award, two Colorado Book Awards, four Pushcart Prizes, the James Wright Poetry Award, the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, and fellowships from the Fulbright, Lilly, and NEA. A professor in the PhD in Creative Writing \u0026amp; Literature Program at the University of Southern California, he lives in Los Angeles and rural Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350929850617,"sku":"9781647790943","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/d2MvUXYxM0owZStpZityOHY4VTIydz09.webp?v=1769790601","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/joyful-orphan-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}