{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-light-9781682262498","title":"The Trouble with Light","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Light\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeremy Michael Clark reflects on the legacy of familial trauma as he delves into questions about belonging, survival, knowledge, and self-discovery in unflinching lyrical poems. \"Like you,\" he writes, \"I have . . . [a] history of \/ hardly caring for my body, of letting \/ whoever drink their share of me, \/ thinking it could cure \/ my fear of dirt.\" Whether ruminating on intimacy, lineage, identity, faith, or addiction, Clark's poems embody a restless, rigorous curiosity. Largely set in the poet's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his portraits of interiority gracefully juxtapose the sorrows of alienation and self-neglect with the restorative power of human connection. In one of the most affectionate--and characteristically ambivalent--poems in the collection, Clark recalls, \"For days, doubt struck as does lightning \/ across the span of night. . . . Love? If it exists, \/ it's the uncertainty one feels before a thunderclap, \/ after the sky's gone dark again.\" A vulnerable and transporting debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Light\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital record of how grief can endure, and how we can yet endure ourselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Michael Clark\u003c\/b\u003e earned his MFA from Rutgers University-Newark and his MSW from the University of Pennsylvania after working as an editorial assistant at \u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Common\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoem-a-Day\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. His work has also been recognized with support from the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, Cave Canem, the Community of Writers, and the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641306812690,"sku":"9781682262498","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b4643dc1-3ae8-447d-97fa-cddc1364f619.jpg?v=1733010898","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-trouble-with-light-9781682262498","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}