{"product_id":"erosion-9780691014050","title":"Erosion","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eErosion\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eSAN SEPOLCRO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJorie Graham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . . How clean\u003cbr\u003ethe mind is,\u003cbr\u003eholy grave. It is this girl\u003cbr\u003eby Piero\u003cbr\u003edella Francesca, unbuttoning\u003cbr\u003eher blue dress,\u003cbr\u003eher mantle of weather,\u003cbr\u003eto go into\u003cbr\u003elabor. Come, we can go in.\u003cbr\u003eIt is before\u003cbr\u003ethe birth of god. No-one\u003cbr\u003ehas risen yet\u003cbr\u003eto the museums, to the assembly\u003cbr\u003eline bodies\u003cbr\u003eand wings to the open air\u003cbr\u003emarket. This is\u003cbr\u003ewhat the living do: go in.\u003cbr\u003eIt's a long way.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the dress keeps opening\u003cbr\u003efrom eternity\u003cbr\u003eto privacy, quickening.\u003cbr\u003eInside, at the heart,\u003cbr\u003eis tragedy, the present moment\u003cbr\u003eforever stillborn,\u003cbr\u003ebut going in, each breath\u003cbr\u003eis a button\u003cbr\u003ecoming undone, something terribly\u003cbr\u003enimble-fingered\u003cbr\u003efinding all of the stops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJorie Graham\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Italy and now lives in northern California.She has received grants from the Ingram-Merrill Foundation, the Bunting Institute, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.Her first book, \u003ci\u003eHybrids of Plants and of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton, 1980), won the Great Lakes Colleges Association Award as the best first book of poems published in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jorie Graham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955750015094,"sku":"9780691014050","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_22429cb7-cb92-4ad0-a1fd-deb46fd99a87.jpg?v=1767703022","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/erosion-9780691014050","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}