{"product_id":"9781571318725","title":"The Fact of the Matter: Poems","description":"Moving from the mundane to the profound, first through observation of fact and matter, then shifting perspective, engaging a deeper sense of self, these poems re-imagine things great and small, making us care deeply about the world around us. In this cultivated and intricately crafted collection, Sally Keith shows the self as a crucible of force—that which compels us to exert ourselves upon the world, and meanwhile renders us vulnerable to it. Force by which a line unfurls—as in Robert Smithson’s colossal Spiral Jetty—or leads with forward motion—a train hurdling along the west-reaching railroad; Edweard Muybridge’s photographic reels charting animal and human locomotion. With poems remarkable in their clarity, captivating in their matter-of-factness, Keith examines the impossible and inevitable privacy of being a person in the world, meanwhile negotiating an inexorable pull toward the places we call home—one we alternately try and fail to resist.","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175438467312,"sku":"9781571318725","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571318725_p0.jpg?v=1763793918","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571318725","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}