{"product_id":"9781938584343","title":"Surgical Wing","description":"\u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eSurgical Wing\u003c\/i\u003e , you will find yourself in phone booths, county fairs, fishing boats, and among ghosts. Strange birds will enter hospital waiting rooms. You will be seduced by knot-makers. You will witness illness, grief, and healing. Finally, the book itself will become the wings that steer you to a greater understanding of yourself and the world.” —Anna Silver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSurgical Wing\u003c\/i\u003e , surrealistic poems visit an experimental hospital ward, manifesting visions of winged angels and medical tests, as we bear witness to a doctor’s’ meddling and miracles. Robertson’s poems challenge the internal and external metamorphoses of the human condition and the juxtaposition between death and life by personifying the soul through images of birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom “You’re About to Fold a Paper Airplane”:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuild evidence of air. Pull the results of your blood test\u003cbr\u003efrom the mailbox. Fold in half: you have wings already.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbnormal? Fold again. You can’t see the inner-workings\u003cbr\u003e• f an aircraft. And when you’re folding, you can’t study\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emuch else. Book your tumor markers a flight to Bora Bora.\u003cbr\u003eVector, Victor. Clearance, Clarence. On any scrap of paper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewrite \u003ci\u003ecarry\u003c\/i\u003e . Write \u003ci\u003eheavenward\u003c\/i\u003e . Write \u003ci\u003eI choose this over you\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003cbr\u003eReplace \u003ci\u003ethis\u003c\/i\u003e . With \u003ci\u003eflying\u003c\/i\u003e . With \u003ci\u003eperegrination\u003c\/i\u003e . Or write\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eI can’t fear you another morning\u003c\/i\u003e . And fold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eKristin Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e is a native of East Tennessee, and she graduated with a PhD in creative writing from Georgia State University in Atlanta. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eVerse Daily\u003c\/i\u003e , among other journals. Kristin lives outside Los Angeles and teaches at the University of California, Riverside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051873485040,"sku":"9781938584343","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938584343_p0.jpg?v=1769897854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938584343","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}