{"product_id":"9781619321724","title":"Where Now: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Kasischke astonishes with her lyricism and metaphorical power.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Every poem is exquisitely crafted, with crisp, clean lines and imagery that dazzles.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For Kasischke… poetry is a kind of revenge on the existential limits that it describes”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Kasischke’s long-awaited selected poems presents the breadth of her probing vision that subverts the so-called “normal.” A lover of fairy tales, Kasischke showcases her command of the symbolic, with a keen attention to sound in her exploration of the everyday—whether reflections on loss or the complicated realities of childhood and family. As literary critic Stephen Burt wrote in \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, “The future will not see us by one poet alone….If there is any justice in that future, Kasischke is one of the poets it will choose.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis incandescent volume makes the case that Laura Kasischke is one of America’s great poets, and her presence is secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"Dear Water\":\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am your lost daughter and, as always, you\u003cbr\u003eare listening\u0026amp;fish. Though\u003cbr\u003eI sift you for sunlight, it\u003cbr\u003eruns from me in glistening pins, vanishes\u003cbr\u003ein the wavering map\u003cbr\u003eof your ungraspable heart. When I\u003cbr\u003ereach in, you\u003cbr\u003eswallow my cold hands again, swallow\u003cbr\u003ethe joy they'd hold. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Kasischke is a poet and novelist whose fiction has been made into several feature-length films. Her book of poems, \u003ci\u003eSpace, in Chains\u003c\/i\u003e, won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She currently teaches at the University of Michigan and lives in Chelsea, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148469813488,"sku":"9781619321724","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619321724_p0.jpg?v=1763854466","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619321724","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}