{"product_id":"9781556594069","title":"Greenhouses, Lighthouses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Perplexity and wonder are integral parts of Tung-Hui Hu's poetry, which is as elegant as it is surprising.\"--\"Rain Taxi\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This fresh and unexpected poet extends the lyric into the social space without losing any of song's intensity or mystery.\"--Mark Doty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tung-Hui Hu works magic on the page.\"--Linda Gregerson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving between the personal and cosmic I, Tung-Hui Hu's lyrics seek the \"greenhouse\"--a place of saturation, growth--as a poetic space to cultivate new modes through which our common language can once again illuminate and guide--\"lighthouse.\" With minimalism and control, \"Greenhouses, Lighthouses\" draws subtly from photography, cinematography, and history to create haunting and memorable connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom \"Cosmos Revealed behind a Dense Curtain of Poppies\":\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Greenhouses, Lighthouses. The first\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"astronomers tended on hands and knees\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"the soil of the universe, smoothing\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"away moss, seeding by night.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Now our galaxy has the sixfold\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"symmetry of ornament on the tower of Alhambra, \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"shoots curled from stem looping\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"heaven and earth together. Trace\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"curlicues and rosettes with your finger.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The chamber sealed off to mortals but\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"open above, like a poppy. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTung-Hui Hu, author of three books of poetry, earned his MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and a PhD in film from University of California Berkeley. He teaches at the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055969386736,"sku":"9781556594069","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781556594069_p0.jpg?v=1763755953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781556594069","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}