{"product_id":"open-the-dark-9781597099202","title":"Open the Dark","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarie Tozier’s\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eOpen the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e is an exquisite collection of poems depicting a generational tapestry woven with the shared ebb and flow of land and sea and time. Loving hands, dyed sweet with raspberries and lingonberries, pass ancestral knowledge—of the hunt for seal and crab to pressing ironless, ruler-straight seams—from grandmother to mother, mother to daughter. This is a collection that beckons, like a mother’s warm embrace, into the vibrant scent and taste of Inupiaq Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatured in First Alaskans Magazine \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A sure sense of emplacement might be one of the most elusive and valuable qualities a poet can embody. Marie Tozier’s first book of poems clearly is emplaced in family, community, geography, history, and the seasonality of animals and plants in Western Alaska. An echo of Lorine Niedecker’s limpid trust in the truths of the physical world and the rage and sorrow of Layli Long Soldier’s work against the harm of cultural silencing rings through \u003cem\u003eOpen the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e. Trust this direct, clear voice. Open yourself.\" —Elizabeth Bradfield, author of \u003cem\u003eToward Antarctica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like most books of good poems [\u003cem\u003eOpen the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e] is also a gallery of images for revisiting time after time.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e49 Writers Blog\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMarie Tozier’s\u003c\/em\u003e fresh voice is a very welcome addition to Alaskan, Indigenous and American literature.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eAnchorage Daily News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Writ large, Tozier’s collection lands on mutual caretaking across porous boundaries. From the child who takes pains to place a small snail beneath a stick ('Certain he would survive') to the adults quadrupling a donut recipe, the collection finds insight in nurturing, which grows into a touchstone for readers.\" \u003cb\u003e—Corinna Cook, \u003cem\u003eTerrain.org\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49532951200087,"sku":"9781597099202","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781597099202.jpg?v=1731889252","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/open-the-dark-9781597099202","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}