{"product_id":"tinderbox-lawn-prose-poems-by","title":"Guess, Carol: Tinderbox Lawn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTinderbox Lawn \u003c\/em\u003eby Carol Guess (Rose Metal Press, paperback)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: October 28, 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003eSet on the margins of Seattle, beneath bridges and on the banks of waterways, in strip clubs and flooded farmland, the prose poems in \u003cem\u003eTINDERBOX LAWN\u003c\/em\u003e illuminate the intersection of domesticity and bohemia, orthodoxy and passion. Each untitled block of prose constitutes a novel-in-miniature, with shadow characters and shards of plot. The intensity of Carol Guess's poems builds through lyrical language and recurring images, capturing the moment when the small mad heart at the center of things stalls mid-tick.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"This is such deep, rich writing. \u003cem\u003eTINDERBOX LAWN\u003c\/em\u003e feels like dreams you forgot as you walk through your day but it's your life. I mean we never think as deeply as we live and Carol Guess tries to braid those strands and succeeds. I love being in this work\"—Eileen Myles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31337256976407,"sku":"9780978984854","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/image_1b8b8e48-adcf-4438-b7bf-5110fada008d.jpg?v=1586896457","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/tinderbox-lawn-prose-poems-by","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}