{"product_id":"van-clief-stefanon-lyrae-open-intpb","title":"Van Clief-Stefanon, Lyrae: Open Interval","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: April 10, 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon intersections of astronomy and mathematics, history, literature, and lived experience, the poems in Open Interval locate the self in the interval between body and name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eTeach the sonnet's a cell'—says the speaker in one of Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon's compelling new poems, as she prepares to teach poetry to inmates at a New York State prison, 'now try to escape-'. This poet's astute and various formal choices perform exactly that work, containing the poem then constructing an opportunity for the splendidly intelligent maker of these artful forms to step into the light. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e]Open Interval[\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e not only confirms the promise of Van Clief-Stefanon's first book but takes her work to startling new heights.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--Mark Doty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLyrae Van Clief-Stefanon asserts early in \u003ci\u003e]Open Interval[\u003c\/i\u003e that 'Poise begins here: \/ in cinders, in rhyme, in splintering beauty into this \/ and this—:' and the volume's inventive splintering becomes luminous exploration of the body—human and celestial. Part of its concern 'the crushing need \/ for form' in intricate re-navigations of the personal and historical, the mythic and scientific, the book's shape is finally more lyric constellation than traditional collection, the poems themselves variable stars, beautifully intense, pulsing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- Claudia Emerson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817198956567,"sku":"9780822960362","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_7a6ff03b-58be-4dab-90e3-5804e95fdda5.jpg?v=1703281994","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/van-clief-stefanon-lyrae-open-intpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}