{"product_id":"open-shutters-paperback","title":"Open Shutters - 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\u003eMary Jo Salter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Jo Salter's sparkling new collection, \u003cb\u003e Open Shutters\u003c\/b\u003e, leads us into a world where things are often not what they seem. In the first poem, \"Trompe l'Oeil,\" the shadow-casting shutters on Genoese houses are made of paint only, an \"open lie.\" And yet \"Who needs to be correct \/ more often than once a day? \/ Who needs real shadow more than play?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpen Shutters\u003c\/b\u003e also calls to mind the lens of a camera--in the villanelle \"School Pictures\" or in the stirring sequence \"In the Guesthouse,\" which, inspired by photographs of a family across three generations, offers at once a social history of America and a love story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarkness and light interact throughout the book--in poems about September 11; about a dog named Shadow; about a blind centenarian who still pretends to read the paper; about a woman shaken by the death of her therapist. A section of light verse highlights the wit and grace that have long distinguished Salter's most serious work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFittingly, the volume fools the eye once more by closing with \"An Open Book,\" in which a Muslim family praying at a funeral seek consolation in the pages formed by their upturned palms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpen Shutters \u003c\/b\u003eis the achievement of a remarkable poet, whose concerns and stylistic range continue to grow, encompassing ever larger themes, becoming ever more open.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Jo Salter's sparkling new collection, Open Shutters, leads us into a world where things are often not what they seem. In the first poem, \"Trompe l'Oeil,\" the shadow-casting shutters on Genoese houses are made of paint only, an \"open lie.\" And yet \"Who needs to be correct \/ more often than once a day? \/ Who needs real shadow more than play?\" \u003cbr\u003eOpen Shutters also calls to mind the lens of a camera--in the villanelle \"School Pictures\" or in the stirring sequence \"In the Guesthouse,\" which, inspired by photographs of a family across three generations, offers at once a social history of America and a love story. \u003cbr\u003eDarkness and light interact throughout the book--in poems about September 11; about a dog named Shadow; about a blind centenarian who still pretends to read the paper; about a woman shaken by the death of her therapist. A section of light verse highlights the wit and grace that have long distinguished Salter's most serious work. \u003cbr\u003eFittingly, the volume fools the eye once more by closing with \"An Open Book,\" in which a Muslim family praying at a funeral seek consolation in the pages formed by their upturned palms. \u003cbr\u003eOpen Shutters is the achievement of a remarkable poet, whose concerns and stylistic range continue to grow, encompassing ever larger themes, becoming ever more open. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Jo Salter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and grew up in Detroit and Baltimore. She was educated at Harvard and Cambridge Universities and worked as a staff editor at\u003ci\u003e The Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e and as poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. A vice president of the Poetry Society of America, she is also a coeditor of \u003cb\u003eThe Norton Anthology of Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e. In addition to her five poetry collections, she is the author of a children's book, \u003cb\u003e The Moon Comes Home\u003c\/b\u003e. She is Emily Dickinson Senior Lecturer at Mount Holyoke College and lives with her family in Amherst, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.52 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48461204717817,"sku":"9780375710148","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/uNt77ZaYKc9780375710148.webp?v=1780260776","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/open-shutters-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}