{"product_id":"thread-me-an-exit-poems-paperback-2","title":"thread me an exit: 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\u003eWendy Vardaman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eback \/ of the body jaw to ankle still twisted floss. \/ \u003c\/em\u003ehave you had some extra stress this year? \u003cem\u003e\/ do a quick inventory. as of this morning \/ all three kids alive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems ache - with the desperate love of a mother, yearning, grief, and the surprise of growing older in the liminal space between elder parents and long-limbed children. Vardaman's use of language is assured and muscular. In one poem, she may warm the reader up with long lines that metamorphize from playful litany to slicing emotional truth, and in another a single diminutive stanza delivers the energy of a bomb. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's rare for a poet to expose the quotidian of life so utterly that the reader is left breathless, but Vardaman creates deep feeling from ordinary life, transforming it into astonishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethread me an exit \u003c\/em\u003ewas a 2024 selection of the Brain Mill Press + Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50\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 May 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354270777593,"sku":"9781948559928","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/kJTQtgymH59781948559928_b85c59c9-6344-4ae7-82e0-c467177dd7ee.webp?v=1769833423","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/thread-me-an-exit-poems-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}