{"product_id":"zoo-at-night-paperback","title":"Zoo at Night - 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\u003eSusan Gubernat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, Susan Gubernat's \u003cem\u003eThe Zoo at Night\u003c\/em\u003e reflects with subtle craft on the dark side of love, death, the family romance, carnality, and lofty aspirations. She thinks of her poems as \"night thoughts\" resembling nocturnes, in which \"a bit of light leaks in.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Both experimental and classic, Gubernat's poems combine formal and free verse elements. A (mostly) unrhymed sonnet sequence seeks to recall the world of a pre-digital childhood when physical objects--tactile, mechanical--took on totemic import and magical significance. Other poems echo the Rilkean principle that poetry can be empathetic by looking outward at the \"thingness\" of the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In these works of love and longing, Gubernat enters through the doors of craft and exits with feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Gubernat\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at California State University, East Bay. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Marianne Moore Poetry Prize, and the chapbook \u003ci\u003eAnalog House\u003c\/i\u003e. An opera librettist, her major work, \u003ci\u003eKorczak's Orphans\u003c\/i\u003e, in collaboration with composer Adam Silverman, has been performed in a number of venues. She lives in Oakland, California. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351190290681,"sku":"9781496202055","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MWhyNldTTHhwSzAycEQ0ZE9Ma1hLZz09.webp?v=1769795581","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/zoo-at-night-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}