{"product_id":"the-clearing-poems-paperback","title":"The Clearing: 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\u003eAllison Adair\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Clearing\u003c\/i\u003e navigates the ever-shifting poles of violence and vulnerability with rich imagination and a singular incisiveness, \"asserting feminist viewpoints and mortal terror in lush musical lines\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The women in Allison Adair's debut collection-luminous and electric from the first line to the last-live in places that have been excavated for gold and precious ores. They understand the nature of being hollowed out, of being \"the planet's stone \/ core as it tries to carve out one secret place and fails.\" And so, as these poems take us from the midst of the Civil War to our current era, they chart fairy tales that are at once unsettling and painfully familiar, never forgetting that cruelty compels us to search for tenderness. \"What if this time,\" they ask, \"instead of crumbs the girl drops \/ teeth, her own, what else does she have.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Adair sees the dirt beneath our nails, both alone and as a country, and pries it gently loose until we remember something of who we are, \"from before . . . from a similar injury or kiss.\" There is a dark tension in this work, and its product is wholly \"an alchemical feat, turning horror into beauty\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllison Adair\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Clearing\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArts \u0026amp; Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals. Recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the Florida Review Editors' Award, the Orlando Prize, and first place in Mid-American Review's Fineline Competition, Adair holds a MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Originally from central Pennsylvania, she lives in Boston.\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 0.39 x 8.27 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352087118073,"sku":"9781639550234","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TjgvSko1UlNsMUxYazYzUWJOK1JHUT09.webp?v=1769805528","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-clearing-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}