{"product_id":"its-just-you-me-miss-moon-9781733824699","title":"It's Just You \u0026 Me, Miss Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In the first poem of this collection, Emily Moon shows us Weldon Kees at his typewriter, making art 'for a future that looks\/as empty and bleak\/as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe present'-thereby flashing Kees out of the mid-twentieth century into our time. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere are the haze of cigarette smoke, the taste of whiskey, jazz on the soundtrack, walk-ons by Pope Francis and Frida Kahlo, and locations chosen or invented by Moon, the poet-director. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eHere is her version of Kees' shadow\/symbol, the character Robinson, presented as an obsession. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese poems about Kees offer mysteries, deeply appropriate for a man whose life story includes his sudden disappearance in 1955-a mystery still, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e serving here as a touchstone for Moon's poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Judith Arcana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmily Moon's debut explores a groundbreaking potential for mystery. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLines like, 'Sounds of the harbor clanked around us. \/ Salt breeze carried a tang of diesel \/ and sewage. \/ A clock chimed some ways off. \/ He checked his watch. Cinderella hour' bring this poetical film noir to life. For the reader interested in both story and lyricism, it's just you \u0026amp; me, miss moon \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ein a revelatory league of its own\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Hannah Beresford, Poetry Editor at \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Tokens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoon, Emily:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Peter Hamer lives in Estacada, Oregon. He sits on the Estacada Area Arts Commission, is the Music Coordinator for the Estacada Summer Celebration annual art and music festival, and serves on the board of the Performing Arts Group of Estacada. He is the founder of the Estacada Poetry Project. His work has appeared in Take a Leap, Spank the Carp and the 2020 Clackamas County Poets and Artists Calendar.","brand":"First Matter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383119155474,"sku":"9781733824699","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9379a126-3250-4c37-b0bb-647acadf12bf.jpg?v=1728778734","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/its-just-you-me-miss-moon-9781733824699","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}