{"product_id":"bonfire-opera-poems-paperback","title":"Bonfire Opera: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanusha Laméris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2021 Northern California Book Award Finalist, 2021 Patterson Poetry Prize \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometimes the most compelling landscapes are the ones where worlds collide: where a desert meets the sea, a civilization, no-man's land. Here in \u003ci\u003eBonfire Opera, \u003c\/i\u003e grief and Eros grapple in the same domain. A bullet-hole through the heart, a house full of ripe persimmons, a ghost in a garden. Coyotes cry out on the hill, and lovers find themselves kissing, \"bee-stung, drunk\" in the middle of road. Here, the dust is holy, as is the dark, unknown. These are poems that praise the impossible, wild world, finding beauty in its wake.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanusha Laméris \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moons of August\u003c\/i\u003e, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize and was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award. Some of her poems have been published in: \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Ploughshares. \u003c\/i\u003eShe teaches poetry independently, and is the current Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53052435169504,"sku":"9780822966050","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/KUzwZmiQq29780822966050.webp?v=1781288643","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/bonfire-opera-poems-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}