{"product_id":"second-story-poems-paperback","title":"Second Story: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDenise Duhamel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her Florida apartment is damaged by the ferocity of Hurricane Irma, Duhamel turns to Dante andterza rima, reconstructing the form into the long poem \"Terza Irma.\" Throughout the book she investigates our near-catastrophic ecological and political moment, hyperaware of her own complicity, resistance, and agency. She writes odes to her favorite uncle--who was \"green\" before it was a hashtag--and Mother Nature via a retro margarine commercial. She writes letters to her failing memory as well as to America's amnesia. With fear of the water below and a burglar who enters through her second story window, she bravely faces the story under the story, the second story we often neglect to tell. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcerpt from \"Terza Irma\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI hoist my suitcase up the stairs, brace\u003cbr\u003emyself as I open the door, slip \u003cbr\u003eon water in the hall, and come face \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eto face with my books, the white shelves drip-\u003cbr\u003eping. I pull down Dante--the pages\u003cbr\u003eheavy, wavy as potato chips-- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethen pat down the walls, trying to gauge \u003cbr\u003ewhere the leak's come from--the apartment \u003cbr\u003eabove? My ceiling's dappled with beige \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eclouds I'm afraid will burst, a descent\u003cbr\u003eof more indoor rain. I make my way\u003cbr\u003eto the condo office, to lament \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe havoc, ask for some help. My neigh-\u003cbr\u003ebors are in varied states of panic\u003cbr\u003eand shock, agitated castaways.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenise Duhamel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a distinguished university professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eSecond Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScald\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Blowout\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKa-Ching!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo and Two\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eShe is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382740959410,"sku":"9780822966531","price":20.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/uCgXVPRvwW9780822966531.webp?v=1783514285","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/second-story-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}