{"product_id":"trespass-poems-isbn-9780062338822","title":"Trespass: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2013 National Poetry Series selection, chosen by poet and novelist Charlie Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstablished in 1978 by legendary editor Dan Halpern, the National Poetry Series has discovered many new and emerging voices and has been instrumental in launching the careers of poets and writers such as Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Denis Johnson, Cole Swensen, Thylias Moss, Mark Levine, and Dionisio D. Martinez.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrespass, the winner of the National Poetry Series open competition, showcases a powerful poetic talent who explores the darker side of domestic life with unique and startling vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unflinching look at the inheritance of family trauma:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIntergenerational Trauma:\u003c\/b\u003e A son traces the devastating ripple effects of his father’s actions through the generations, revealing how one secret can shape a lifetime.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLGBTQ+ Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyrical, intimate poems that explore queer identity, love, and heartbreak in the shadow of a difficult family history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRaw and Honest Voice:\u003c\/b\u003e Written with startling clarity and emotional courage, this collection refuses to look away from difficult truths about abuse, memory, and the struggle for forgiveness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNational Poetry Series Winner:\u003c\/b\u003e Selected by judge Charlie Smith, this collection was chosen for the prestigious award that has launched the careers of many of America’s most important poets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe 2014 National Poetry Series selection chosen by poet and novelist Charlie Smith\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Dooley’s new voice is a full, grand-sweeping appraisal of the banalities that domestic life has to offer... A masterful debut.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tender, nuanced, angry, and answerless...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In these jumpy, surprising poems, Thomas Dooley treads fearlessly as he reveals the submerged secrets of a family and gives utterance to the erotic pleasures and pains of love.  \u003ci\u003eTrespass\u003c\/i\u003e is an intense, eye-opening debut.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBilly Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thomas Dooley’s \u003ci\u003eTrespass\u003c\/i\u003e pierces and heals simultaneously. These terse tropes of lyrical compression, personal and universal, seem naturally calibrated and expand within the reader’s mind—every word emotionally exact.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYusef Komunyakaa, Pulitzer Prize winning poet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pierces and heals simultaneously....\u003ci\u003eTrespass\u003c\/i\u003e sings the music of \u003ci\u003enow\u003c\/i\u003e, shaped on the lathe of experience, and through the pleasures of physical knowledge, revelatory imagery, and imagination, this collection transports us.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYusef Komunyakaa, Pulitzer Prize winning poet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A chart of the soul or the heart rattling like a pearl in a matchbox—or ‘passages of fullness’—or the windows of a fading housefront slid open and quickly closed, leaving an afterimage, if it’s that much, of a stony radius, untransformed and providing pain and a marred beauty to the one whose memory it is, and beauty and compassionate insight to those who, observing, catch a glimpse of the dire world—’If I forget,’ Dooley says, ‘remind me.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlie Smith, poet and novelist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888245666021,"sku":"NP9780062338822","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062338822.jpg?v=1730228610","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/trespass-poems-isbn-9780062338822","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}