{"product_id":"9780991074266","title":"The Irreversible Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Lim's poems capture the spirit of California with beauty and insight.\"--Jon Parrish Peede, editor, \u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shirley Lim's poems sing with the defiance of Blake and Yeats, clapping hands 'for every tatter in our mortal dress.' The song is fierce, the vision incisively clear-eyed--supremely mature, an unsentimental perception of humanity and nature. \u003cem\u003eThe Irreversible Sun\u003c\/em\u003e's song soars even in direst loss.\"--Anca Vlasopolos, author of \u003cem\u003eCartographies of Scale (and Wing)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shirley Lim's poetry simultaneously puzzles and clarifies. These poems are rich in sense of place and startling juxtapositions: gingkos, coastal oaks, and magpies alongside glittery garbage. They move and surprise like the cracks and slides of the earth.\"--Diane Thiel, poet, author, and professor, University of New Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West End Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019486019824,"sku":"9780991074266","price":10.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780991074266_p0.jpg?v=1763896865","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780991074266","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}