{"product_id":"black-aperture-poems-paperback-softback-9780807150863","title":"Black Aperture; Poems (Paperback \/ softback) 9780807150863","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlack Aperture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatt Rasmussen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807150863\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 May 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e72 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.4 x 14 x 0.5 cm, 0.109 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e2013 National Book Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his moving debut collection, Matt Rasmussen faces the tragedy of his brother's suicide, refusing to focus on the expected pathos, blurring the edge between grief and humor. In \u003cem\u003eOutgoing\u003c\/em\u003e, the speaker erases his brother's answering machine message to save his family from \"\"the shame of dead you \/ answering calls.\"\" In other poems, once-ordinary objects become dreamlike. A buried light bulb blooms downward, \"\"a flower \/ of smoldering filaments.\"\" A refrigerator holds an evening landscape, \"\"a tinfoil lake,\"\" \"\"vegetables \/ dying in the crisper.\"\" Destructive and redemptive, \u003ci\u003eBlack Aperture\u003c\/i\u003e opens to the complicated entanglements of mourning: damage and healing, sorrow and laughter, and torment balanced with moments of relief.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656089202968,"sku":"9780807150863","price":15.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/black-aperture-poems-paperback-softback-9780807150863","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}