{"title":"Series: Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eBallard Spahr Prize for Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e series offers a distinctive blend of poetic voices that challenge and illuminate. Readers can expect a rich exploration of language that intersects with themes from philosophy, psychology, history, and more, inviting reflection and fresh perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether rooted in personal insight or broader societal inquiry, these works reveal the power of poetry to engage with diverse disciplines. This collection is ideal for those who appreciate verse that resonates beyond the page, connecting art with ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ballard-spahr-prize-2023-winner-by-caroline-harper-new-9781571315304","title":"Ballard Spahr Prize 2023 Winner","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected by Maggie Smith for the 2023 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry, this debut collection of poems explores the aftermath of history's most powerful forces: devotion, disaster, and us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the Gulf Coast, \u003cem\u003eA History of Half-Birds\u003c\/em\u003e measures the line between love and ruin. Part poet, part anthropologist, Caroline Harper New digs into dark places—a cave, a womb, a hurricane—to trace how violence born of devotion manifests not only in our human relationships, but also in our connections to the natural and animal worlds. Everywhere in these pages, tenderness is coupled with brutality: a deer eats a baby bird, a lover restrains another. \"I promised a love poem,\" New proclaims, then teaches us about the anglerfish, how it \"attracts its mate and prey with the same lure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn New's exceptional voice, familiar concepts take on a shade of the fantastic. A woman tastes the earth for acidity, buries lemons and pennies for balance. Limestone \"sucks the sea into little demitasse\" and hyacinths \"sip the sun black.\" A lone elephant wanders into the wilderness of rural Georgia, never to be seen again. But perhaps most arresting about New's work are the truths told by its strangeness, like the ancient fish who \"carved their shape\" in a mountain's peak, or a mother who wears a lifejacket in the bathtub.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCrafted by New's voracious mind and carried by her matchless lyricism, \u003cem\u003eA History of Half-Birds\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning investigation of love's beastly impulses—all it protects, and all it destroys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430104580332,"sku":"9781571315304","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781571315304.jpg?v=1774559733"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/series-ballard-spahr-prize-for-poetry.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}