{"product_id":"shedding-season-paperback-2","title":"Shedding Season - 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\u003eJane Morton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA kitchen hums with flies. Grackles fill the branches of a tree. A bruise blooms over skin. In \u003ci\u003eShedding Season\u003c\/i\u003e, nature threatens to overwhelm those who would keep it in check. Instead, Morton explores what it means to refuse the language of dominance, to recognize oneself as a small part of an impossibly complex ecosystem. From this vantage, insect legs form a chorus and violence is worked like a bow against an instrument, attempting beauty. In turn, a house becomes a trap, a family a threat, and the notion of salvation something you can drown in. In these poems, a broken narrative follows cycles of violence and ecological degradation across generations, illuminating the ways in which our relationships--with others, our environments, and ourselves--define us even as we define them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With language, image, and narrative always in flux, these poems inhabit the grey areas between desire and disgust, safety and survival. In constant search of breaking points, Morton interrogates the impermanence of identity: how many times can something evolve before it becomes something else?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Morton's chapbook \u003ci\u003eSnake Lore\u003c\/i\u003e won the Black River Chapbook Competition and was published by Black Lawrence Press. Her individual poems and short stories have been published widely in literary journals including \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast, West Branch, Boulevard, Passages North, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds an MFA from the University of Alabama, where she was Online Editor for \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Morton currently teaches creative writing at the University of Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354124534009,"sku":"9781625571762","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WHKEknYhlI9781625571762_480addc9-c756-40af-a40e-851cb363d5d1.webp?v=1769829275","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/shedding-season-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}