{"product_id":"salt-water-amnesia-9781931337250","title":"Salt Water Amnesia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeffrey Skinner’s poems come at the world from many different directions. Some are outrageous and very funny, like “Experiment,” which begins, “I sewed my father into a specially designed, handmade bear suit. He was indistinguishable from a real bear, and yet retained the necessary functions of a human. I also provided a G.P.S. radio collar. Then I air-dropped him into a densely forested preserve. When I returned a year later I found he had mated with an Asian black bear. He and she and their two cubs lived a quiet life in a mountain cave.” In other poems, Skinner explores more familiar domestic landscapes, taking us with great tenderness and precision into the life of the human heart. By turns poignant, brainy, and hilarious, \u003ci\u003eSalt Water Amnesia\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that will surprise and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading the Bay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA calm water morning. After what was said on both sides.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Don’t you talk to me that way. \u003ci\u003eMy daughter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWe cannot speak, now, nor stand to touch\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe bay, covered with tiny script\u003cbr\u003e Moving rapidly right to left. Words\u003cbr\u003e Crossing over\u003cbr\u003e One another, whole passages\u003cbr\u003e Torn from an asylum diary. I lifted her\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBody, a huge flailing penknife, into the car.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA seagull sits bobbing on the text. My brother.\u003cbr\u003e It appears that, today at least, all language moves out to sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Skinner \u003c\/b\u003ehas published four collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eLate Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Guide to Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Company of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGender Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has received wide recognition, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the Howard Foundation. Currently director of the creative writing program at the University of Louisville, he is also co-founder and editorial consultant for Sarabande Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ausable Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360264356183,"sku":"9781931337250","price":15.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781931337250.jpg?v=1754127157","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/salt-water-amnesia-9781931337250","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}