{"product_id":"lapis-paperback-1","title":"Lapis - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKerri Webster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA record of visionary experience in the wake of loss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLapis\u003c\/i\u003e, poet Kerri Webster writes into the vast space left by the deaths of three women: her mother, a mentor, and a friend. Using a wide array of lyric forms and meditations, Webster explores matrilineages both familial and poetic, weaving together death, spirituality, women, and a sense of the shifting earth into one \"doctrine of Non-linear Revelation.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd I \u003ci\u003ewas\u003c\/i\u003e equal to my longing: \u003cbr\u003ethe mums blackening; \u003cbr\u003esorrow a carboned figurine; \u003cbr\u003ethe firmament steaming; your ashes\u003cbr\u003einterred in the boulder;\u003cbr\u003ethe ugly birds crying dolor dolor dolor;\u003cbr\u003ethe sky smoke-choked--what, then, \u003cbr\u003ewould you have had be my register?\u003cbr\u003eAs the beasts of the field rub their antlers off \u003cbr\u003ewith ooh-itch pleasure; as the screen says \u003cbr\u003eYou often open around this time; as the grapes\u003cbr\u003eblight: listen: sometimes \u003cbr\u003ewe're the pilgrim, sometimes \u003cbr\u003ewe're the site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKERRI WEBSTER (Boise, ID) is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eThe Trailhead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe Do Not Eat Our Hearts Alone, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Grand \u0026amp; Arsenal\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter of which won the Iowa Poetry Prize. The recipient of awards from the Whiting Foundation and the Poetry Society of America, she was a Visiting Writer-in-Residence at Washington University in St. Louis from 2006-2010. She currently teaches at Boise State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.94 x 6.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735730622527,"sku":"9780819500083","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b4470245739f74fd722c8891da889e1d.webp?v=1765144478","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/lapis-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}