{"product_id":"9781566893244","title":"The Loving Detail of the Living \u0026 the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Unforgettable.\" \u003cb\u003e—Michael Ondaatje\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese rhythmic poems negotiate the collisions between past, present, and future—and outline a universal mythology of the self. Exploring the overlapping arrangements of time and memory, life and death, Sikelianos skillfully draws lines from everyday minutiae towards an interior world where we are “carrying our own living ghost inside.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Comes to me\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe future comes to me\u003cbr\u003ewith a horrifying screech\u003cbr\u003ethen it comes to me softly\u003cbr\u003elike a weeping cloud\u003cbr\u003eand it comes to me like\u003cbr\u003ea fish, glass-eyed, flopping\u003cbr\u003eand it comes to erotically\u003cbr\u003emeanly\u0026amp; sharp\u003cbr\u003eit comes to me cashed out rolling\u003cbr\u003eelectronically\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ein my future life I was\u003cbr\u003ea cowboy, killed\u003cbr\u003ein a bar fight\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ea flamingo in snow\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEleni Sikelianos\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe California Poem\u003c\/i\u003e , a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Best Book of the Year. She directs the University of Denver's Creative Writing program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049396322544,"sku":"9781566893244","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566893244_p0.jpg?v=1763786810","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566893244","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}