{"product_id":"interpretive-work-9780980040715","title":"Interpretive Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eNatural history, work, queerness, and family collide in \u003ci\u003eInterpretive Work\u003c\/i\u003e. When they do, a deep stubborn will emerges, a belief in the unexpected beauty of the world \"flaws and all. The poems of this collection foreground the role of the viewer\" the interpreter \"smudging self across what's seen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom neighborhood kids cussing in the cul-de-sac to marbled murrelets calling in Southeast Alaska, the poems of this book reach toward a moment where one finds \"this unsettlement, \/ this beauty applauded at last.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBradfield delivers her bruised truths through a quiet honesty that stands in ardent defense of mainstream normative expectations. A male singer has a woman's high, sweet voice, redefining beauty. A female deer grows antlers. A woman chooses to be child-free without regret. As a whole, these poems furtively suggest that the tourist on the sunset cruise ship misinterprets the cravings of humpback whales in the same way Bradfield's family, neighbors and bureaucratic officials misunderstand love, sexuality and gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Bradfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780980040715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Triangle Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradfield, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Elizabeth grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and has since called Cape Cod and Alaska home. She holds an MFA from the University of Alaska Anchorage, and has received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship as well as scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Vermont Studio Center. Her poetry has been published in such journals as The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Field, The Believer and Orion. She is founder and editor of Broadsided Press (www.broadsidedpress.org), a modern incarnation of the traditional broadside with the mission of putting words and art on the streets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50530248818803,"sku":"9780980040715","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_06d86336-490a-4966-a1ce-86847d201594.jpg?v=1790337869","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/interpretive-work-9780980040715","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}