{"product_id":"after-the-afterlife-poems","title":"After the Afterlife: Poems","description":"After the Afterlife explores the zone between language and spirit. It is a book of inner and outer boundaries: of blockades, of tunnels, of wormholes. Where does our consciousness come from, and where is it going, if anywhere? With a nimble blend of wit, whimsy, and erudition, Hummer’s poems assay the border that the shaman is forced to cross to wrestle with the gods, which is the same border the mystic yearns to broach, and the ordinary human stumbles over while doing laundry or making lunch—where questions of identity melt in the white heat of Being:\nwhich is like trying to teach\nThe cat to waltz, so much awkwardness, so many tender\nadvances, and I’m shocked when it actually learns,\nWhen it minces toward me in a tiny cocktail gown, offering a martini,\nasking for this dance, insisting on hearing me refuse\nTo reply, debating all along, in the chorus of its interior mewing, who\nare you really, peculiar animal, who taught you to call you you.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1946724017\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1946724017.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hummer, T. R.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43399154892861,"sku":"BVV.1946724017.G","price":12.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1946724017-0.jpg?v=1785014096","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/after-the-afterlife-poems","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}