{"product_id":"black-aperture","title":"Black Aperture","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBlack Aperture\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMatt Rasmussen\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780807150863\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLSU Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e72\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2013 National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his moving debut collection, Matt Rasmussen faces the tragedy of his brother's suicide, refusing to focus on the expected pathos, blurring the edge between grief and humor. In \"Outgoing,\" the speaker erases his brother's answering machine message to save his family from \"the shame of dead you \/ answering calls.\" In other poems, once-ordinary objects become dreamlike. A buried light bulb blooms downward, \"a flower \/ of smoldering filaments.\" A refrigerator holds an evening landscape, \"a tinfoil lake,\" \"vegetables \/ dying in the crisper.\" Destructive and redemptive, \u003ci\u003eBlack Aperture\u003c\/i\u003e opens to the complicated entanglements of mourning: damage and healing, sorrow and laughter, and torment balanced with moments of relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Black Aperture | Matt Rasmussen | Paperback | 9780807150863 | Used: Very Good | Poetry 1397169","offer_id":50559827214594,"sku":"1397169","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61vqYoQyH3L.jpg?v=1790690864","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/black-aperture","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}