{"product_id":"one-body-9780807132401","title":"One Body","description":"\u003ci\u003eOne Body \u003c\/i\u003eis Margaret Gibson's most intimate collection of poems to date. Written as if to honor the injunction \"Work to simplify the heart,\" the poems are direct, empathetic, and tender in their study of life and death. The thirteen poems of the opening sequence, as well as other poems throughout, look steadily at life and death until they are transparently \"one body.\" \"Closer to death,\" she writes, \"I want great faith \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003egreat doubt.\" Whether the focus is personal or social, Gibson has written the poems in this stunning collection \"because I want to see \/ how the body goes still \/ how the mind, how the lens of the eye \/ magnifies to an emptiness \/ so deep, so flared wide \/ there is everywhere field and the Source \/ of field.\" \u003ci\u003eOne Body \u003c\/i\u003eis the work of a richly contemplative poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.41h x 5.99w x 0.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807132401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Gibson \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eight previous poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eAutumn Grasses; Icon and Evidence; Long Walks in the Afternoon; Memories of the Future: The Daybooks of Tina Modotti; \u003c\/i\u003ethe National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Vigil: A Poem in Four Voices; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEarth Elegy: New and Selected Poems. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Preston, Connecticut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161562853491,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_21fc5a9f-bc88-44e0-8f54-8122846da146.jpg?v=1654954822","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/one-body-9780807132401","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}