{"product_id":"9781480484856","title":"Camouflage","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Lies, wishes, fantasies—all the weaponry of compassionate imagination at war with society—deploy with delicious satire in [Muske-Dukes’s] first book.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA poet, novelist, critic, and essayist, Carol Muske-Dukes has established herself as one of the preeminent talents of modern American writing. Birth, loss, imprisonment, and renewal are among the subjects of \u003ci\u003eCamouflage\u003c\/i\u003e, her first published book of poems. These twenty-eight poems are a young writer’s stream of consciousness set in formal verse. In “Photographer,” Muske-Dukes slides between light and dark. “Salad Days: Nebraska, 1964,” relives a plane ride over the state’s rolling plains. And the tongue-in-cheek yet respectful “Swansong” evokes a childhood ballet class, taught by a faded prima ballerina. Each poem is a skin, a mask, a camouflage meant for survival—a place of regeneration and change.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126367863024,"sku":"9781480484856","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480484856_p0.jpg?v=1763619985","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480484856","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}