{"product_id":"9780999397138","title":"Labor","description":"I have to keep looking; try to see more, speak more, turn away less, says Lisa DeSiro in her fine first book, Labor. And this is what her poems do: they keep their eyes peeled, their ears open, and their hearts receptive. (Boston street bustle comes vividly alive in many of these poems.) But receptivity demands a tolerance for paradox, and DeSiro's poems--in disarmingly simple, idiomatic language--plumb the secrets of the world's contradictions. \"Go ahead, enjoy this day\" begins a poem titled \"9\/11 Anniversary, Public Garden.\" At home with the prose poem as well as the tightly rhymed lyric, DeSiro distills memorable music from the most colloquial moments--\"We were all thumbs on our dumb phones\"--and offers readers a vibrant panoply of sights and sounds, captured and conveyed in her impressively taut writing. -- Steven Cramer, author of Clangings and Goodbye to the Orchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLISA. DESIRO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNixes Mate Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003eMar 01, 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e70 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/b\u003e0999397133\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• \u003cb\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/b\u003e9780999397138\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Nixes Mate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50350793457969,"sku":"9780999397138","price":12.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/8215\/8385\/files\/9780999397138__93386.jpg?v=1732284443","url":"https:\/\/www.recomparo.com\/products\/9780999397138","provider":"ReComparo.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}