{"product_id":"bonfire-opera-poems-9780822966050","title":"Bonfire Opera: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems In Praise of the Impossible, Wild World and Its Beauty \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sometimes 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcerpt from \"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonfire Opera\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In those days, there was a woman in our circle \u003cbr\u003e who was known, not only for her beauty, \u003cbr\u003e but also for taking off all her clothes and singing opera. \u003cbr\u003e And sure enough, as the night wore on and the stars \u003cbr\u003e emerged to stare at their reflections on the sea, \u003cbr\u003e and everyone had drunk a little wine, \u003cbr\u003e she began to disrobe, loose her great bosom \u003cbr\u003e and the tender belly, pale in the moonlight, \u003cbr\u003e the Viking hips, and to let her torn raiment \u003cbr\u003e fall to the sand as we looked up from the flames.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9199198\"\u003eDanusha Lameris\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 6.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822966050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822966050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005050\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704939450605,"sku":"9780822966050","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_985c7423-dedd-40e8-b4db-c6da72be6592.jpg?v=1650006312","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/bonfire-opera-poems-9780822966050","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}