{"product_id":"bright-dead-things","title":"Bright Dead Things","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA book of bravado and introspection, of feminist swagger and harrowing loss, \u003cem\u003eBright Dead Things\u003c\/em\u003e considers how we build our identities out of place and human contact \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– tracing in intimate detail the ways the speaker's sense of self both shifts and perseveres as she moves from New York City to rural Kentucky, loses a dear parent, ages past the capriciousness of youth and falls in love. In these extraordinary poems Ada Limon's heart becomes a 'huge beating genius machine' striving to embrace and understand the fullness of the present moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'\u003cem\u003eI am beautiful. I am full of love. I am dying\u003c\/em\u003e,' the poet writes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBuilding on the legacies of forebears such as Frank O'Hara, Sharon Olds and Mark Doty, Limon's work is consistently generous, accessible, and 'effortlessly lyrical' (New York Times) \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– though every observed moment feels complexly thought, felt and lived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Ada Limon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42401205420289,"sku":"9781472154569","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-07-07T154211.055.png?v=1688740940","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/bright-dead-things","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}