{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-time-9781844715053","title":"A Brief History of Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Brief History of Time\u003c\/em\u003e, Beers’ first collection of poetry, is at once an exploration of what it is to grow up in rural America and a treatise for social justice. These poems, many of them award-winning, span a wide range of styles – from plainsong free verse to sestinas to nearly epic works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe characters\/speakers in Beers’ poems range from the rural working class to mythological characters. These poems look at the world with an honest, unflinching eye. She is one of the up-and-coming poets from Generation X we will be hearing a great deal from in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Brief History of Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWould you know me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElegy for a Past Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed Heifer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStretching out that fifteen minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTriptych – The Light, The End, The Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Man Walks Into a Bar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Gold-digging Fails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"HA?!\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Thermophobic's Wife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleeping Man and Woman, Circa 2000, C.E.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor Stephen Funk, in Prison for Protesting the Iraq War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSunday Worship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFitriani in front of her house . . .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLast Train from the City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummer 2000 Sestina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRebuttal Evidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Letter to Aya Ishibashi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy It Almost Never Ends with Stripping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo CKC, Stillborn, April 22, 2006\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverview of the Carbon Cycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRewind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Study in Weights and Measures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurgery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Shop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Will We Do With You? This Bone Has Almost No Flesh Protecting It – \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWind Advisory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn a Top Drawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCicadas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Love, A Partial Explanation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlashback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaking Back the Bra Drawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMother\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoonlight Sestina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBranching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Calypso Diaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelonging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutdoor Cafe, Lake Mary, FL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOmens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeekend Rain Ghazal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Give You Words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBecause You Are In It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTonight in this hotel room's mirrored wall . . .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Time Betrays Us\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Salt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771556495703,"sku":"9781844715053","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781844715053.jpg?v=1758728258","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-brief-history-of-time-9781844715053","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}