{"product_id":"the-beauts-9781646623648","title":"The Beauts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrough this tilted tumbler \/ glass, in a restaurant, \/ I view the moon, \/ see-through and magnified.\u003c\/em\u003e These lines that open Terri McCord's poem \"Through and Through\" suggest her penchant for looking at the world from whatever quirky angle she can extemporize. How lucky we are that in this collection she shares with us her brilliant discoveries. Among her many skills, McCord is a master of startling transitions and stunning metaphors. These are poems that must be read again and again in order to fully appreciate all that lies beneath their initial charm. McCord's new collection is, indeed, \u003cem\u003eA Beaut.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCathy Smith Bowers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYes, \/ my leitmotif is beauty \/ beauty at every end, \u003c\/em\u003e writes Terri Lee McCord, but she doesn't take us there by any of the usual routes, and what is revealed as beauty has little to do with what we might have expected it to be. Elliptical, quietly intelligent, and charged with surprising perceptions, this collection is a stunner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaire Bateman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerri McCord is a painter as well as a poet, and I continue to be surprised and delighted by her visual imagination. She sees both clearly and deeply-as her words sometimes glimmer, sometimes flare, always illuminate. Like the artist she praises in \"Believing Design,\" \u003cem\u003eShe has learned \/which strokes which hues \/\/\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003efaithfully coax the eye \/ into believing believing \/\/\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ein permanence of a kind. \u003c\/em\u003eThis is a lovely book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGilbert Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCord, Terri:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A South Carolina Arts Commission fellowship recipient, Terri McCord has won awards from Hub City, Emrys, the Poetry Society of South Carolina, and the Vermont Studio Center. Her poems have been nominated for a Best of the Net and a Pushcart. She teaches visual arts and writing.","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525525901586,"sku":"9781646623648","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9009e63c-d663-4b7b-b345-71a3afdefaea.jpg?v=1731225487","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-beauts-9781646623648","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}