{"product_id":"leonard-rodney-terich-sweetgum-lightning-copy","title":"Leonard, Rodney Terich: Sweetgum \u0026 Lightning","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFour Way Books, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date: February 15, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn intersection of jazz and the written word: poems to be experienced and felt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSweetgum \u0026amp; Lightning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e lets us into an extraordinary poetic universe, shaped by a vernacular rooted in the language of self, one's origins, and music. In poems that are deeply sensual in nature, Rodney Terich Leonard considers gender and sexuality, art, poverty, and community. Imagery expands through unexpected lexical associations and rumination on the function of language; words take on new meaning and specificity, and the music of language becomes tantamount to the denotations of words themselves. Through extensive webs of connotation, Leonard's narratives achieve a sense of accuracy and intimacy. The nuanced lens of these poems is indicative of the honesty of expression at work in the collection-one that affirms the essentiality of perception to living and memory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44210120720407,"sku":"9781945588747","price":8.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/rt.jpg?v=1609623255","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/leonard-rodney-terich-sweetgum-lightning-copy","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}