{"product_id":"9780226863535","title":"Rare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Bird is Her Reason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are some bodies that emerge\u003cbr\u003e                                                        into desire as a god\u003cbr\u003e rises from the sea, emotion and\u003cbr\u003e                            memory hang like dripping clothes—this\u003cbr\u003e                 want is like\u003cbr\u003e                                       entering that heated red\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e on the mouth of a Delacroix lion,\u003cbr\u003e                 stalwart, always that red\u003cbr\u003e                              which makes\u003cbr\u003e my teeth ache and my skin feel\u003cbr\u003e           a hand that has never touched me,\u003cbr\u003e                                        the tree groaning outside becomes\u003cbr\u003e                          a man who knocks on my bedroom window,\u003cbr\u003e edge of red on gold fur,\u003cbr\u003e                           the horse, the wild\u003cbr\u003e flip of its head, the rake of claws\u003cbr\u003e                            across its back, the unfocussed,\u003cbr\u003e                                                                       swallowed eye.\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is a book haunted by the afterlife of medieval theology and literature yet grounded in distinctly modern quandaries of desire. Connie Voisine’s female speakers reverberate with notes of Marie de France’s tragic heroines, but whereas Marie’s poems are places where women’s longings quickly bloom and die in captivity—in towers and dungeons—Voisine uses narrative to suspend the movement of storytelling. For Voisine, poems are occasions for philosophical wanderings, extended lyrics that revolve around the binding and unbinding of desire, with lonely speakers struggling with the impetus of wanting as well as the necessity of a love affair’s end. With fluency, intelligence, and deeply felt emotional acuity, \u003ci\u003eRare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream\u003c\/i\u003e navigates the heady intersection of obsessive love and searing loss.   \u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eCathedral of the North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Voisine’s poetry is wholly unsentimental, tactile, and filled with unexpected beauty. She is political in the best sense. . . . A dazzling, brave, and surprising first book.”—Denise Duhamel, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e    ","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124632928496,"sku":"9780226863535","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780226863535_p0.jpg?v=1763674956","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780226863535","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}