{"product_id":"9781680030464","title":"Ascension","description":"Set in the drought-plagued landscape of Central Texas, \u003ci\u003eAscension\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of lyric poems that chronicles life in and around Llano, Texas (population 3,033).  Brownlee’s poems meditate on the inescapability of place.\u003cbr\u003e Organ Solo with Oblivion and Gar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Skittish fish lay eggs\u003cbr\u003e   in this shallow stone\u003cbr\u003e    cleft of an algae chorus.  \u003cbr\u003e     Turn my soul into song,\u003cbr\u003e       if you can, River Lord.  \u003cbr\u003e        Treat believing the same\u003cbr\u003e         as each minnow slipping            \u003cbr\u003e          coin-like into deep murk.\u003cbr\u003e           Your spirit mimics me          \u003cbr\u003e           unblinking, fishbone\u003cbr\u003e           face framing brackish\u003cbr\u003e          absence, saying, Kneel\u003cbr\u003e         into this.  Lean low,\u003cbr\u003e        sinner, \u0026amp; drink. Bitter\u003cbr\u003e       infidel, swallow the black\u003cbr\u003e      granite whole if you are not\u003cbr\u003e     afraid of what comes after it:\u003cbr\u003e    ___________. Live forever.","brand":"Texas Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164774678768,"sku":"9781680030464","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781680030464_p0.jpg?v=1763688341","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781680030464","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}