{"product_id":"what-the-willow-said-as-it-fell-9781597097314","title":"What the Willow Said as It Fell","description":"This book-length poem by the current Poet Laureate of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Andrea Scarpino, asks the reader to sit with and inside the body's many losses, to grow comfortable and restless in its vagaries, and to acknowledge the myriad ways the body shapes and informs our lives. Incorporating found poetry, including from her own medical records, and the ash and willow tree as mythological figures, Scarpino writes with lyric intensity from a place of resistance and questioning as she tries to describe, understand, and record chronic pain as a growing epidemic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrea Scarpino is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eOnce, Then\u003c\/i\u003e (Red Hen Press, 2014), and the chapbook\u003ci\u003e The Grove Behind \u003c\/i\u003e(Finishing Line Press, 2009). She received a PhD in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, and an MFA from The Ohio State University. She serves as Poet Laureate of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (2015-2017) and has been published in numerous journals including \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePANK\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Marquette, MI.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50421187019026,"sku":"9781597097314","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a401266-59f9-468e-a147-f68975a0252d.jpg?v=1729503631","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-the-willow-said-as-it-fell-9781597097314","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}