{"product_id":"sweet-machine-poems-isbn-9780060952563","title":"Sweet Machine: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Doty's last two award-winning collections of poetry, as well as his acclaimed memoir Heaven's Coast, used the devastation of AIDS as a lens through which to consider questions of loss, love and identity. The poems in Sweet Machine see the world from a new, hard-won perspective: A coming back to life, after so much death, a way of seeing the body's \"sweet machine\" not simply as a time bomb, but also as a vibrant, sensual, living thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems are themselves \"sweet machines\"—lyrical, exuberant and joyous—and they mark yet another milestone in the extraordinary career of one of our most distinguished and accomplished poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does one find joy and sensuality in the wake of devastating loss?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Eloquent Elegy:\u003c\/b\u003e Poems that confront the ghosts of the past while courageously turning toward the light of the present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Body Reclaimed:\u003c\/b\u003e Moving beyond the idea of the body as a 'time bomb,' these poems celebrate it as a vibrant, sensual source of life and pleasure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eArt as Witness:\u003c\/b\u003e Doty masterfully uses the lens of art and craft—from Venetian glass to a simple tattoo—to refract and understand profound human experience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom an Award-Winning Voice:\u003c\/b\u003e Experience the masterful language and emotional depth that have made Mark Doty one of the most essential and celebrated poets of his generation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eMark Doty's last two award-winning collections of poetry, as well as his acclaimed memoir \u003cem\u003eHeaven's Coast,\u003c\/em\u003e used the devastation of AIDS as a lens through which to consider questions of loss, love and identity. The poems in his new collection, \u003cem\u003eSweet Machine,\u003c\/em\u003e see the world from a new, hard-won perspective: A coming back to life, after so much death, a way of seeing the body's \"sweet machine\" not simply as a time bomb, but also as a vibrant, sensual, living thing. These poems are themselves \"sweet machines\"--lyrical, exuberant and joyous--and they mark yet another milestone in the extraordinary career of one of our most distinguished and accomplished poets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887363191013,"sku":"NP9780060952563","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060952563.jpg?v=1730225973","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/sweet-machine-poems-isbn-9780060952563","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}