{"product_id":"in-the-still-of-the-night-1","title":"In the Still of the Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Wier is a poet concerned with capturing the fluidity of thought and experience—and not diminishing its forward charge in doing so. Wier's lines have always had a wild whitewater crash to them, overwhelming any vessel she pours them into.\" —\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"That's how one human leaves us\" ends the first poem of Dara Wier's direct and powerful new collection, a raw and fluid exploration of grief. Wier records her thoughts with intelligence, clarity, honesty, and immediacy, showing us the unraveling of her world and her new consciousness after a great loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eit would not be sufficient\u003cbr\u003eto stop\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe bleeding grief absence is\u003cbr\u003efor\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethese words would\u003cbr\u003ehave such life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ein and so of them\u003cbr\u003ethey would burn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ein ways\u003cbr\u003eso present\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewe would begin\u003cbr\u003eto smell smoke and think fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDara Wier\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eYou Good Thing, Selected Poems, Remnants of Hannah, Reverse Rapture, Hat On a Pond\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVoyages in English\u003c\/i\u003e. Also among her works are the limited editions (\u003ci\u003eX In Fix\u003c\/i\u003e) in Rain Taxi's Brainstorm Series, \u003ci\u003eFly on the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Epic\u003c\/i\u003e, co-written with James Tate. She teaches workshops and form and theory seminars and directs the MFA program for poets and writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and co-directs the University of Massachusetts' Juniper Initiative for Literary Arts and Action. She is the co-founder of Factory Hollow Press in North Amherst, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54228555858264,"sku":"9781940696577","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781940696577.jpg?v=1770708644","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/in-the-still-of-the-night-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}