{"product_id":"sea-change-poems-isbn-9780061537189","title":"Sea Change: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Jorie Graham's intricate, sophisticated, and mercurial poems have long been one of the splendors of contemporary American literature.\" —\u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA poetry collection that shows Pulitzer Prize winner Jorie Graham at the height of her considerable powers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e has said that \"Jorie Graham's poetry is among the most sensuously embodied and imaginative writing we have,\" and this collection is a reminder of how startling, original, and deeply relevant her poetry is. In \u003cem\u003eSea Change\u003c\/em\u003e, Graham brings us to the once-unimaginable threshold at which civilization as we know it becomes unsustainable. How might the human spirit persist, caught between its abiding love of beauty, its acknowledgment of continuing injury and damage done, and the realization that the existence of a \"future\" itself may no longer be assured?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no better writer to confront such crucial matters than Jorie Graham. In addition to her recognized achievements as a poet of philosophical, aesthetic, and moral concerns, Graham has also been acknowledged as \"our most formidable nature poet\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e). As gorgeous and formally inventive as anything she has written, \u003cem\u003eSea Change\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential work speaking out for our planet and the world we have known.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e has said that \"Jorie Graham's poetry is among the most sensuously embodied and imaginative writing we have,\" and this new collection is a reminder of how startling, original, and deeply relevant her poetry is. In \u003cem\u003eSea Change\u003c\/em\u003e, Graham brings us to the once-unimaginable threshold at which civilization as we know it becomes unsustainable. How might the human spirit persist, caught between its abiding love of beauty, its acknowledgment of continuing injury and damage done, and the realization that the existence of a \"future\" itself may no longer be assured?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no better writer to confront such crucial matters than Jorie Graham. In addition to her recognized achievements as a poet of philosophical, aesthetic, and moral concerns, Graham has also been acknowledged as \"our most formidable nature poet\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e). As gorgeous and formally inventive as anything she has written, \u003cem\u003eSea Change\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential work speaking out for our planet and the world we have known.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Stunning... Forthright, compassionate and ironic, Graham has crafted poems of lyrical steeliness and cauterizing beauty... Graham writes with breathtaking precision.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Graham’s poetry is among the most sensuously embodied and imaginative writing we have.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Graham brings such fervor and inquisitiveness to her observation of the living world, she achieves an almost scientific precision as she attempts to describe the sensory totality experienced within a woods or on a stretch of beach.…Unifying the philosophical with the sensuous, documentation with prayer, Graham’s inventive, gracefully longitudinal, lush yet demanding meditations on the nature of being are exquisitely piquant and affecting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist on Never\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Graham is one of the most important living poets, and her control of her craft is undisputed.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jorie Graham’s intricate, sophisticated, and mercurial poems have long been one of the splendors of contemporary American literature. In her latest book, she turns her attention to death, and the result is perhaps her finest collection yet.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jorie Graham’s status as a canonic poet – of the academic breed, with a flair for blending the intellectual and the sensual – is virtually guaranteed.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Here, the interconnectedness of all life isn’t just a spiritual commonplace, it is grounds for a call to action, and one that Graham – a poet of rare responsiveness to the natural world and a thinker of great ethical responsibility – is uniquely qualified to make.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Here, the interconnectedness of all life isn’t just a spiritual commonplace, it is grounds for a call to action, and one that Graham—a poet of rare responsiveness to the natural world and a thinker of great ethical responsibility—is uniquely qualified to make.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Graham’s new collection confirms her to be a cerebral shaman for our age . . . Graham’s voyages through strange seas of thought will seem as singular, unpredictable and seductive as ever . . . a gift that places her unexpectedly in the company of writers such as Virginia Woolf.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sea Change is among Graham’s most powerful books.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Graham confronts modern wickedness torture and global warming are two themes in lush, sometimes hymnlike verse, A-.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887837835493,"sku":"NP9780061537189","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061537189.jpg?v=1730227567","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/sea-change-poems-isbn-9780061537189","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}