{"product_id":"the-irreversible-sun-9780991074266","title":"The Irreversible Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Lim's poems capture the spirit of California with beauty and insight.\"--Jon Parrish Peede, editor, \u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shirley Lim's poems sing with the defiance of Blake and Yeats, clapping hands 'for every tatter in our mortal dress.' The song is fierce, the vision incisively clear-eyed--supremely mature, an unsentimental perception of humanity and nature. \u003cem\u003eThe Irreversible Sun\u003c\/em\u003e's song soars even in direst loss.\"--Anca Vlasopolos, author of \u003cem\u003eCartographies of Scale (and Wing)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shirley Lim's poetry simultaneously puzzles and clarifies. These poems are rich in sense of place and startling juxtapositions: gingkos, coastal oaks, and magpies alongside glittery garbage. They move and surprise like the cracks and slides of the earth.\"--Diane Thiel, poet, author, and professor, University of New Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley Geok-Lin Lim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West End Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\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 8.72h x 7.89w x 0.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780991074266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLim, Shirley Geok-Lin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eShirley Geok-lin Lim\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of more than ten books, including poetry, short stories, critical works, a memoir, and three novels. Currently a research professor in the English department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, she received her PhD from Brandeis University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West End Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43173152522355,"sku":"9.78099E+12","price":16.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_74c54228-547c-4f96-a4aa-55af4b107530.jpg?v=1751627871","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-irreversible-sun-9780991074266","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}