{"product_id":"the-narrow-circle-9780143123736","title":"The Narrow Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected as a winner of the National Poetry Series by Dean Young\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Ashbery called \u003ci\u003eReveilles\u003c\/i\u003e, Nathan Hoks's debut book, a \"dazzling\" collection and Hoks a poet whose \"fine gradations of observation turn the reader into a barometer of strong subtleties like those of the weather, that can be minute even as they affect us powerfully.\" The poems in Hoks's new book, \u003ci\u003eThe Narrow Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, perform a similar magic. In associative lyrics and fabulist prose, Hoks explores inner and outer experiences. The poems frequently focus on the body as a membrane where everything becomes inside-out--where the \"face disperses with angels of teeth and loam,\" where \"sky comes out of the mouth,\" where a giant green worm \"burrows a hole in the head,\" and where the heart is a vestibule that cannot be closed. Suites of pictures within the text further delineate this inward-outward pull, offering visualizations of interior voices and sketches of exterior shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathan Hoks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\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 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143123736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathan Hoks\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eReveilles\u003c\/i\u003e, which won Salt Publishing's Crashaw Prize in 2010. His poems and translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eCrazyhorse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCircumference\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVerse\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an editor and letterpress printer for Convulsive Editions, and lives with his wife and son in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45134654931059,"sku":"9780143123736","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a9acdccd-42f4-49a9-aa69-9a64b0e7bd7d.jpg?v=1782389208","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-narrow-circle-9780143123736","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}