{"product_id":"9781400831425","title":"Erosion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eErosion\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSAN SEPOLCRO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eJorie Graham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e . . . . How clean\u003cbr\u003ethe mind is,\u003cbr\u003eholy grave. It is this girl\u003cbr\u003eby Piero\u003cbr\u003edella Francesca, unbuttoning\u003cbr\u003eher blue dress,\u003cbr\u003eher mantle of weather,\u003cbr\u003eto go into\u003cbr\u003elabor. Come, we can go in.\u003cbr\u003eIt is before\u003cbr\u003ethe birth of god. No-one\u003cbr\u003ehas risen yet\u003cbr\u003eto the museums, to the assembly\u003cbr\u003eline bodies\u003cbr\u003eand wings to the open air\u003cbr\u003emarket. This is\u003cbr\u003ewhat the living do: go in.\u003cbr\u003eIt's a long way.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the dress keeps opening\u003cbr\u003efrom eternity\u003cbr\u003eto privacy, quickening.\u003cbr\u003eInside, at the heart,\u003cbr\u003eis tragedy, the present moment\u003cbr\u003eforever stillborn,\u003cbr\u003ebut going in, each breath\u003cbr\u003eis a button\u003cbr\u003ecoming undone, something terribly\u003cbr\u003enimble-fingered\u003cbr\u003efinding all of the stops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJorie Graham\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Italy and now lives in northern California.She has received grants from the Ingram-Merrill Foundation, the Bunting Institute, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.Her first book, \u003ci\u003eHybrids of Plants and of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton, 1980), won the Great Lakes Colleges Association Award as the best first book of poems published in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125440004336,"sku":"9781400831425","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400831425_p0.jpg?v=1763712853","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400831425","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}