{"product_id":"hunger-9781586540616","title":"Hunger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Lola Haskins's range is broad; her perceptions are always surprising. Natural objects surpass themselves and episodes of women's history are rewritten in this lively, adventuresome collection.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Maxine Kumin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" . . . \u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\u003e is a cabinet of crystals each one with a cutting edge. It's a wonder.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBeloit Poetry Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\"She knows we are rooted to the earth but long for the stars. . . . And she's wise enough to know that love searches us out. Dazzling.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNorthwest Arkansas Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\"[The poems] richly present the experience of women, as the complexity of their material, emotional, and imaginative lives presses against the constraints of their assigned roles. . . wonderfully evocative.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eThe Hudson Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\". . . Convincing and exquisitely visual. It plays off a painterly use of visualization and technique even as it enacts the limits of such artistry in the face of real feeling. . . . It is the clarity of Haskins's poems and (her speakers') observations, combined with the sometimes elegant, sometimes searing restraint with which the observations are made, that gives these poems their impact.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaskins, Lola:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLola Haskins\u003c\/strong\u003e has published twelve books of poetry and three of prose. Her work has appeared in\u003cem\u003e the Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHudson Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Georgia Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Prairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere, as well as having been broadcast on BBC and NPR. Among her honors are the Iowa Poetry Prize, two Florida Book Awards, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and the Emily Dickinson Prize from Poetry Society of America. She currently serves as Honorary Chancellor of the Florida State Poets Association.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Story Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495762333970,"sku":"9781586540616","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64449e26-1a35-415f-91cf-a1fa31cd75db.jpg?v=1730687456","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hunger-9781586540616","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}