{"product_id":"geode-9781574232356","title":"Geode","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New England Book Award Finalist. \"Rich with shining interiors and tactile relationships, delicate human to delicate earth...Poems acting as guides, helping us navigate and remember...\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Susan Barba's collection of poems resembles the spheroid stone of its name; when cracked open, a glittering and fascinating crystalline structure is revealed but the stony sphere she offers us, and the beauty within, is nothing less than the earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe word \"geode\" also houses within it \"ode,\" a praise poem. With both anguish and exaltation, Barba considers our time within the larger scale of deep-time. The species decreasing in number and disappeared and the possibility of human extinction haunt this book, while new generations and the possibility of renunciation of our old ways animate it. There is wonder here as well. She writes... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOak, whose girth\u003cbr\u003e exceeds my reach\u003cbr\u003e forever I am\u003cbr\u003e at your feet, \u003cbr\u003e looking up.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here is the world, Barba reminds us, like a ball, in our hands. Poems include \"Earthwards,\" \"Letter from Gaia,\" \"River,\" and \"Final Letter of Stone.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003egeode\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is for anyone who loves poetry's uniquely precise and enduring power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarba, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSusan Barba\u003c\/b\u003e's first book \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFair Sun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Godine, 2017) was awarded the Anahit Literary Prize and the Minas \u0026amp; Kohar Tölöyan Prize. She earned her PhD in comparative literature from Harvard University and is Senior Editor at New York Review Books.","brand":"Black Sparrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50436992925970,"sku":"9781574232356","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_28dc092d-243a-435a-8ffc-d566472a5a00.jpg?v=1729639731","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/geode-9781574232356","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}