{"product_id":"nest-of-matches-9781637680896","title":"Nest of Matches","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems that bask in the beauty of nature, queerness, and love while exploring how dichotomies form identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amie Whittemore's \u003ci\u003eNest of Matches\u003c\/i\u003e is a lavish declaration of the beauty of the natural world, queer identity, and of the imagination set free. Whittemore's third collection explores the complexities of love--romantic, familial, and love for place--and wonders at cycles of life, finding that: \"Every habit \/ even love--strangest \/ of them all--offers exhaustion \/ and renewal.\" Moving seamlessly from meditations on the moon's phases to explorations of dream spaces to searches for meaning through patterns of love and loss, Whittemore's work embodies the mysteries of dichotomies--grief and joy, consciousness and unconsciousness, habit and spontaneity--and how they coexist to create our identities. Throughout the collection, Whittemore reveals how interior nature manifests into exterior habits and how physical landscapes shape the psyche. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmie Whittemore\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eGlass Harvest \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Star Tent\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Her poems have won multiple awards, and her poems and prose have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlackbird\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmartish Pace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She teaches creative writing at Eastern Illinois University and directs MTSU Write, a from-home creative writing mentorship program. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Autumn House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725949866258,"sku":"9781637680896","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ff857a59-28cd-4ff8-9632-6fab2bfc452c.jpg?v=1734848081","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nest-of-matches-9781637680896","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}