{"product_id":"9781619320307","title":"Home Burial","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A lyricist at heart, McGriff is a masterful maker of metaphor.\"—\u003ci\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is majestic beauty in these descriptions, and it is clear that McGriff honors this place as a place—not as mere setting, but as a distinct element of his verse.\"—Gently Read Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael McGriff's second full-length collection explores interior landscapes and illustrates life in a rural community in the Pacific Northwest. Whether tender or hard-hitting, McGriff juxtaposes natural images of deep forests, creeks, coyotes, and crows against the harsher oil-grease realities of blue-collar life, creating poems that read like folk tales about the people working in grain mills, forests, and factories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"New Civilian\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe new law says you can abandon your child\u003cbr\u003ein an emergency room,\u003cbr\u003eno questions asked. The young father\u003cbr\u003ecarries the sleeping boy\u003cbr\u003ethrough the hospital doors.\u003cbr\u003eLater, alone, parked at the boat basin,\u003cbr\u003ehe takes a knife from his pocket,\u003cbr\u003ecuts an unfiltered cigarette in two,\u003cbr\u003elights the longer half in his mouth.\u003cbr\u003eHe was a medic in the war.\u003cbr\u003eIn his basement are five bronze eagles\u003cbr\u003ethat once adorned the walls\u003cbr\u003eof a dictator's palace.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael McGriff\u003c\/b\u003e attended the University of Oregon; the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Michener Fellow in creative writing; and Stanford University, where he was a Stegner Fellow.  He is the co-founding editor and publisher of Tavern Books and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151796748528,"sku":"9781619320307","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619320307_p0.jpg?v=1763860393","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619320307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}