{"product_id":"conjure-9780819579973","title":"Conjure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike magic, these succinct poems reveal multiple realities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRae Armantrout has always taken pleasure in uncertainties and conundrums, the tricky nuances of language and feeling. In \u003ci\u003eConjure\u003c\/i\u003e that pleasure is matched by dread; fascination meets fear as the poet considers the emergence of new life (twin granddaughters) into an increasingly toxic world: the Amazon smolders, children are caged or die crossing rivers and oceans, and weddings make convenient targets for drone strikes. These poems explore the restless border between self and non-self and ask us to look with new eyes at what we're doing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCARE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDress like you care!\u003cbr\u003eEat like you care!\u003cbr\u003eCare like you care!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou don't think\u003cbr\u003eapples just grow on trees, \u003cbr\u003edo you?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fish taps a clam\u003cbr\u003eagainst a bony knob\u003cbr\u003eof coral\u003cbr\u003eto crack its shell -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewhich demonstrates intelligence\u003cbr\u003eyes, but\u003cbr\u003eis the fish\u003cbr\u003epleased with itself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlone in your crib, \u003cbr\u003eyou form syllables.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre you happy when one\u003cbr\u003eis like another?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdd yourself\u003cbr\u003eto yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow you have someone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRAE ARMANTROUT is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of fifteen books of poetry. She has published ten books with Wesleyan University Press, including \u003ci\u003eWobble\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntanglements\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePartly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVersed\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Everett, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557381804306,"sku":"9780819579973","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69e4d178-9b59-4963-b66e-d8edf9f468e0.jpg?v=1731780930","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/conjure-9780819579973","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}