{"product_id":"learning-to-swim-paperback-6","title":"Learning to Swim - 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\u003eMarge Saiser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this rare collected gift of poetry and memoir, \u003ci\u003eLearning to Swim\u003c\/i\u003e does not disappoint. From the simple way Saiser captures the smallest of things that make up our lives, these economical yet powerful poems transport us to the plains with snow where the \"snow which well all day brush against the shingles\" to the galaxy where we are alone with airplains blinking paths through starts and crickets stirring in the weeds like enemies or memories dredged from the sixth grade where \"Mrs. Fischer loved language and knew its power, so she drew its shadows on the chalkboard.\" In the end, we are left with the familiar, \"a jagged tear in the kitchen ceiling,\" \"a fault line\" where \"guests pause when deciding on chardonnay or beer.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is a collection like this that brings us back to what we love most, connection to a world that at best is indifferent, and Saiser's deftly rendered story of place and its characters does not disappoint.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARJORIE SAISER'S novel-in-poems, \u003ci\u003eLosing the Ring in the River\u003c\/i\u003e (University of New Mexico Press, 2013) won the Willa Award for Poetry. A folio of her poems exploring the relationship between humans and their environments won Fourth River's 2016 competition. Saiser has received four Nebraska Book Awards. Her poems have been published in \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner, Poetry East, Poet Lore, Rattle, Nimrod, Chattahoochee Review, Bosque, American Life in Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and at poetmarge.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392079806713,"sku":"9781622882113","price":29.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/9H1zMh3USY9781622882113_5b0ab5e5-dd00-4ab1-99cf-20b352ff6533.webp?v=1770236654","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/learning-to-swim-paperback-6","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}