{"product_id":"saying-the-world-9781556591976","title":"Saying the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Pereira is at the forefront of a national movement of medical practitioners who utilize literature as a part of their training. \u003ci\u003eSaying the World\u003c\/i\u003e arises from his practice as a family physician serving the urban poor, as well as his experience as a childless gay man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected from over one thousand entries in the Hayden Carruth Award, judges Gregory Orr and Sam Hamill cited Pereira’s work as \"full of stunning poems\" and noted that Pereira \"has the magic touch that William Carlos Williams had—the ability to be doctor and poet simultaneously, and to make it all so simply, deeply, and translucently human that the poems seem inevitable.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom \"First Crash Cesarean\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHold it like a wand\u003c\/i\u003e, you say\u003cbr\u003eas I guide the blade across shaved skin,\u003cbr\u003einto layers of yellow fat and fascia\u003cbr\u003estained crimson. With gloved fingers\u003cbr\u003ewe tug at the wound’s gaping edges\u003cbr\u003euntil we’ve exposed the bulging uterus,\u003cbr\u003eround and smooth as a giant D’Anjou pear.\u003cbr\u003eOnly minutes ago, I wrote the words \u003ci\u003efetal distress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand panting she signed consent to open her belly.\u003cbr\u003eNow I imagine her baby is like Houdini\u003cbr\u003ejacketed inside a treasure chest five fathoms\u003cbr\u003edown, mouth gagged, lungs bursting, time running\u003cbr\u003e out . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Pereira\u003c\/b\u003e is a family physician in Seattle and currently provides primary care to an urban poor population, including refugees, immigrants, and the elderly. He is the winner of a \"Discovery\"\/\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e Award, and his poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including \u003ci\u003eJAMA, Poetry, The Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the anthology \u003ci\u003eTo Come to Light: Perspectives on Chronic Illness in Modern Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041319485783,"sku":"9781556591976","price":15.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556591976.jpg?v=1750949798","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/saying-the-world-9781556591976","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}