{"product_id":"9780980050882","title":"The Touch","description":"\u003ci\u003eStartling poems of incisive intelligence and deep compassion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie Ponsot\u003c\/b\u003e finds \u003ci\u003eThe Touch\u003c\/i\u003e “rich, lyrical, sharp, a big world well perceived, Cynthia Kraman’s poems are alive with real ideas. . . . You have to read this. Pure pleasure.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Holman\u003c\/b\u003e says, “\u003ci\u003eThe Touch\u003c\/i\u003e, the long-awaited new book of poetry from medievalist and former punk-rocker Cynthia Kraman, tosses New Formalism on its ear, and is rock lyrics . . . resuscitates Wordsworth . . . a superb, extraordinary, shocking, unflinching, charming, hilarious, perfectly gem-cut book.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is in two parts: \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Was Like A Sword\u003c\/i\u003e has as its formal basis medieval number theory; \u003ci\u003eSpeak in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e’s form refers to the days of Biblical creation and the weekly life of each of us. The poet writes, “I will leave it to the reader to find her and his own macro and micro readings of the poems’ many days and nights, of nature created and creating, and the ongoing annihilations and regenerations of love and war.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are heights, when they are not depths. A rich vein in our new poetry.–\u003cb\u003eRichard Howard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book to read and re-read, the real thing. –\u003cb\u003eThomas Beller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YBK Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50076015984880,"sku":"9780980050882","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780980050882_p0.jpg?v=1784736758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780980050882","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}