{"product_id":"williams-john-sibley-skin-memory","title":"Williams, John Sibley: Skin Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Backwaters Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: November 01, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: A stark, visceral collection of free verse and prose poetry, Skin Memory scours a wild landscape haunted by personal tragedy and the cruel consequences of human acts in search of tenderness and regeneration. In this book of daring and introspection, John Sibley Williams considers the capriciousness of youth, the terrifying loss of cultural identity and self-identity, and what it means to live in an imperfect world. He reveals each body as made up of all bodies, histories, and shared dreams of the future.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn these poems absence can be held, the body's dust is just dust, and though childhood is but a poorly edited memory and even our well-intentioned gestures tend toward ruin, Williams nonetheless says, \"I'm pretty sure, everything within us says something beautiful.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40903641301015,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/williamsskin.jpg?v=1707435360","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/williams-john-sibley-skin-memory","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}