{"product_id":"earth-mercy-9780807149508","title":"Earth, Mercy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her new collection, Earth, Mercy, Mary Rose O'Reilley sifts through the debris of human habitation -- pink thong sandals, curlers, broken televisions -- looking for a kind of junkyard grace: Holiness enters again \/ turquoise fins, and the Cessna's carapace \/ lifts on its wind. \u003cbr\u003eThe first poem, Genesis, locates the reader in Edenic time, in that humid and green \/ arrival, while the last, Watching the End of the World from Hovland, Minnesota, gives nature a final word: Morels on goat prairie gloat \/ in their blue light. Spruce \/ speaking of green on green. Between these points, any poem offers a threshold over which something unexpected may pass -- a ghost, an angel, or the yap of an insouciant dog alerting us to apocalypse. \u003cbr\u003eAgainst all that threatens our survival, Earth, Mercy asserts the beauty of our poignantly sensual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Rose O'Reilley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807149508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Rose O'Reilley's first book of poetry, Half Wild, won the 2005 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of Modern Poets. Her five essay collections are grounded in her life as a teacher, potter, musician, Quaker minister, Buddhist novice, and farm worker. She lives in Minnesota, where she tends to animals and organic gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40628659716211,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1e39fb6e-744c-4e2f-9565-ea5a33d217d7.jpg?v=1671116579","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/earth-mercy-9780807149508","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}