{"product_id":"burnt-island","title":"Burnt Island","description":"D. Nurkse’s Burnt Island explores tragedy both grand and intimate, in city and country, in our own troubled moment and across the greater scope of geological time. Arranged in three “suites” of lucid, often heart-wrenching verse, the book begins with a city under siege, in a group of poems that becomes a subtle homage to New York after 9\/11–a metaphorical “burnt island,” where diggers doze on their shovels, citizens contribute bottles of water, M\u0026amp;M’s, and casseroles to recovery efforts, and survivors, mesmerized by the photos of the missing, compare them “scar by scar with the faces of the living.” Nurkse then takes up the journey of a couple starting again in nature at a specific place called Burnt Island, where the elements instruct them, seeming to mirror their conflicts and strife. Finally, in a charming and profound series of poems centered on marine ecology, he finds the infinite in the infinitesimally small, and offers us, in sparkling, mysterious verses, the strange comfort that comes with observing the life of the ocean.\n\nwe are like you\nbecause we are born by the billions\nand float into the open ocean–\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nwe live another second\nor much less, less than a blink,\n\nuntil the code comes to know itself\nand the mind dreams another mind\nthat will survive it\nthere, in the bright curtain of spray.\n\n(from “The Granite Coast”)\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1400043506\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1400043506.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nurkse, D.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\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":43114121592893,"sku":"BVV.1400043506.G","price":11.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1400043506-0.jpg?v=1776461064","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/burnt-island","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}