{"product_id":"9781555973490","title":"Blood Lyrics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Katie Ford's is a finely-wrought lyrical beauty, a poetry of detail and care, but she has set it within an epic arc.\" —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eI lie still, play dead, am delivered decree:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eour daughter weighs seven hundred dimes,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003epaperclips, teaspoons of sugar,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethis child of grams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efor which the good nurse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003elaid out her studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eas a coin purse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003einto which our tiny wealth clinked,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eour daughter spilling almost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto the floor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—from \"Of a Child Early Born\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Katie Ford's third collection, she sets her music into lyrics wrung from the world's dangers. \u003ci\u003eBlood Lyrics\u003c\/i\u003e is a mother's song, one seared with the knowledge that her country wages long, aching wars in which not all lives are equal. There is beauty imparted, too, but it arrives at a cost: \"Don't say it's the beautiful \/ I praise,\" Ford writes. \"I praise the human, \/ gutted and rising.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149064519920,"sku":"9781555973490","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555973490_p0.jpg?v=1763756193","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555973490","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}