{"product_id":"something-bright-then-holes-poems-9781593762308","title":"Something Bright, Then Holes: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBefore Maggie Nelson's name became synonymous with such genre-defying, binary-slaying writing as \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection of poetry introduced readers to a singular voice in the making: exhilarating, fiercely vulnerable, intellectually curious, and one of a kind.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThese days\/the world seems to split up\/into those who need to dredge\/and those who shrug their shoulders\/and say, It's just something\/that happened.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Maggie Nelson refers here to a polluted urban waterway, the Gowanus Canal, these words could just as easily describe Nelson's incisive approach to desire, heartbreak, and emotional excavation in \u003ci\u003eSomething Bright, Then Holes\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether writing from the debris-strewn shores of a contaminated canal or from the hospital room of a friend, Nelson charts each emotional landscape she encounters with unparalleled precision and empathy. Since its publication in 2007, the collection has proven itself to be both a record of a singular vision in the making as well as a timeless meditation on love, loss, and―perhaps most frightening of all―freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10406068\"\u003eMaggie Nelson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593762308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593762305\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-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\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-POE023030\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Nature\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\u003eMaggie Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, critic, scholar, and nonfiction writer. In 2016 she was received a MacArthur genius grant. She is the author of five books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e (Graywolf Press, 2015), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism and was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller; a landmark work of cultural, art, and literary criticism titled \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e (Norton, 2011), which was featured on the front cover of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year; the cult classic \u003ci\u003eBluets\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2009), which was named by \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the 10 best books of the past 20 years; a memoir about her family, media spectacle, and sexual violence titled \u003ci\u003eThe Red Parts\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published by Free Press in 2007, reissued by Graywolf in 2016); and a critical study of painting and poetry titled \u003ci\u003eWomen, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Iowa, 2007; winner, the Susanne M. Glassock Award for Interdisciplinary Scholarship). Her books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eSomething Bright, Then Holes\u003c\/i\u003e (Soft Skull Press, 2007), \u003ci\u003eJane: A Murder\u003c\/i\u003e (Soft Skull, 2005; finalist, the PEN\/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir), \u003ci\u003eThe Latest Winter\u003c\/i\u003e (Hanging Loose Press, 2003), and \u003ci\u003eShiner\u003c\/i\u003e (Hanging Loose, 2001). She has been the recipient of a 2012 Creative Capital Literature Fellowship, a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship in Nonfiction, an NEA Fellowship in Poetry, and an Andy Warhol Foundation\/Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704361521389,"sku":"9781593762308","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_3f3fdf7f-2796-44c3-a8ee-af428cb7020e.jpg?v=1649996361","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/something-bright-then-holes-poems-9781593762308","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}