{"product_id":"glow-9781736672105","title":"Glow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Hudson's \u003cem\u003eGlow\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the mystery of radium\u003c\/strong\u003e: the vision of \u003cstrong\u003eMarie Curie\u003c\/strong\u003e who discovered it through labor and sheer will; its rise to fame as a health craze; the critically important work it did for the medical field; and its widespread use in luminescent paint which made watches glow in the dark. But \u003cem\u003eGlow\u003c\/em\u003e is also an investigation into what makes us tick, our curiosities, ambition, and our sense of purposeful work. \u003cstrong\u003eThese poems explore how one luminous substance-the hunt for it, the search for its secrets and powers-can be understood as a life force of its own, even as it has the power to whittle that life force to nothing. These poems show radium as destructive as it is illuminating\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHudson, Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ann Hudson is the author of The Armillary Sphere, which was selected by Mary Kinzie as the winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and published by Ohio University Press. A senior editor for Rhino, she teaches at a Montessori school in Evanston, Illinois.","brand":"Next Page Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50483563462930,"sku":"9781736672105","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29061298-dc69-4580-8ba9-8d1526c69355.jpg?v=1730363633","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/glow-9781736672105","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}