{"product_id":"recovery-a-poem-9781680033403","title":"Recovery: A Poem","description":"J.L. Conrad's \u003ci\u003eRecovery\u003c\/i\u003e inhabits a dreamscape filled with fragments of conversation, remembered loved ones, and the profound disorientation that accompanies loss. Written over the span of a week, this poetic sequence invites us to imagine how a body flooded with grief or physical pain becomes self-identified with these sensations. If grief is an unreality that parallels dreams--this doesn't feel real--then poetry, with its heightened awareness, is what brings us back to the world outside the body. The incantatory poems in this sequence offer a way of moving beyond the self at a time when the only way through is through. As Conrad's poetry provides glimpses into questions of human frailty, loss, and sentience itself, the speaker in \u003ci\u003eRecovery\u003c\/i\u003e looks not for transcendence but embraces a body marked and wounded, a body trailing ghosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \"Recovery\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn my dream we were in a tree \u003cbr\u003e and we were suffering. In this case, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e suffering with could not alleviate \u003cbr\u003e suffering. It proved impossible to overlook \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e the pits in our stomachs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The car lurched forward, into the knees \u003cbr\u003e of the pedestrian, the line of pilgrims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ. L. CONRAD is the author of the full-length poetry collection \u003ci\u003eA Cartography of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e and the chapbook \u003ci\u003eNot If But When\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJellyfish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSugar House Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and you can find her on the web at www.jlconrad.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Trp the University Press of Shsu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50497994424594,"sku":"9781680033403","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9214a206-c720-4ce1-9a0c-2827d5bdea79.jpg?v=1730725064","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/recovery-a-poem-9781680033403","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}