{"product_id":"9781929918430","title":"Precipitates","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmploying some of the link-and-shift techniques of the Japanese renku, these poems repeatedly allude to -major themes in \u003ci\u003eEcclesiastes\u003c\/i\u003e , while speaking, under the influence of the Buddhist \"Heart Sutra,\" to the hunger for perfection or the desire to forestall change that keeps us attached to the world. Weather serves as a metaphor for our headlong fall into aging and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDebra Kang Dean \u003c\/b\u003e has published two collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eBack to Back \u003c\/i\u003e (NCWN, 1997), which won the Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition; and \u003ci\u003eNews of Home \u003c\/i\u003e (BOA, 1998), which won the New England Poetry Club’s Sheila Margaret Motton Award. A contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eTar River Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e , she lives in West Peterborough, New Hampshire, with her husband Brad and two cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040186581232,"sku":"9781929918430","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781929918430_p0.jpg?v=1763638011","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781929918430","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}