{"product_id":"9780807162002-all-souls","title":"All Souls","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssential Poems\u003cbr\u003eBrings together work that reflects the interweaving of history, memory, and the indelible bonds between living and dead that has marked the output of Louisiana Poet Laureate Emerita Brenda Marie Osbey. Comprising poems written over the span of four decades, this thematic collection highlights the unity of Osbey's voice and narrative intent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Souls: Essential Poems\u003c\/em\u003e brings together work that reflects the interweaving of history, memory, and the indelible bonds between living and dead that has marked the output of Louisiana Poet Laureate Emerita Brenda Marie Osbey. Comprising poems written and published over the span of four decades, this thematic collection highlights the unity of Osbey's voice and narrative intent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe six sections of the book reveal the breadth of her poetic vision. The first, \u003cem\u003eHouse in the Faubourg\u003c\/em\u003e, contains poems focused on the people and places of Osbey's native New Orleans, and the penultimate section, \u003cem\u003eUnfinished Coffees\u003c\/em\u003e, examines the Crescent City within a broader, more contemporary meditation on culture. \u003cem\u003eSomething about Trains\u003c\/em\u003e features two suites of poems that use trains and railway stations as settings from which to inspect desolation, writing, and memory; and \u003cem\u003eLittle History, Part One\u003c\/em\u003e recounts tales of European settlement and exploitation of the New World. The poems in \u003cem\u003eWhat Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e look at the many facets of desire, while \u003cem\u003eMourning Like a Skin\u003c\/em\u003e includes elegies and poems addressing the lasting presence of the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDynamic and unflinching, the poems in \u003cem\u003eAll Souls\u003c\/em\u003e speak of a world with many secrets, known \"\"only through having learned them \/ the hardest way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56471236444534,"sku":"9780807162002","price":24.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37776634_21c05ec8-afb3-4b33-bcac-07be83878b9e.jpg?v=1763014879","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780807162002-all-souls","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}