{"product_id":"listening-in-the-dark-paperback","title":"Listening in the Dark - 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\u003eSuzy Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3rd Place Winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eListening in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ecenter on the theme of growing up with an unidentified hearing loss that progressively became much worse. In her mid-20s, Suzy Harris learned the diagnosis and started wearing hearing aids. In her mid-60s, after losing most of her hearing in both ears, she received her first cochlear implant, and then a second one, which required learning to hear again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly Praise: \u003c\/p\u003e\"I have seldom encountered a series of poems so closely linked and connected as a whole. This chapbook tenderly addresses the poet's lifelong hearing loss with a surprising precision of language, starting at the very beginning of life and reimagining that time of \u003cem\u003egrowing up with two languages, \/ one that is silence\u003c\/em\u003e. No doubt these tender poems will help many readers to feel less alone as they navigate their own worlds of memory, loss, and resilience.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-James Crews, contest judge, poet, editor of \u003cem\u003eHow to Love the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Suzy Harris propels us into her world-an exultant quest from 'Broken Listening' to the cacophony and wonder of sound.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Willa Schneberg, LCSW, recipient of the Oregon Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\"With lyric intensity, her poems convey Harris' experiences as she slowly undertakes the eerie process of learning a whole new universe of sound, translating the implants' \u003cem\u003eticks and taps and dings\u003c\/em\u003e into what's recognizable. Risen from its own ashes, the poet's new sense of hearing leads her toward the \u003cem\u003eexquisite harmony\u003c\/em\u003e of soaring renewal.\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 38\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47273703407865,"sku":"9781956285291","price":16.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UnFoWFJRbmo3QUN4SDNDMkVsOXZWdz09.webp?v=1768962195","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/listening-in-the-dark-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}