{"product_id":"trouble-with-light","title":"Trouble with Light","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Light\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeremy Michael Clark reflects on the legacy of familial trauma as he delves into questions about belonging, survival, knowledge, and self-discovery in unflinching lyrical poems. “Like you,” he writes, “I have . . . [a] history of \/ hardly caring for my body, of letting \/ whoever drink their share of me, \/ thinking it could cure \/ my fear of dirt.” Whether ruminating on intimacy, lineage, identity, faith, or addiction, Clark’s poems embody a restless, rigorous curiosity. Largely set in the poet’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his portraits of interiority gracefully juxtapose the sorrows of alienation and self-neglect with the restorative power of human connection. In one of the most affectionate—and characteristically ambivalent—poems in the collection, Clark recalls, “For days, doubt struck as does lightning \/ across the span of night. . . . Love? If it exists, \/ it’s the uncertainty one feels before a thunderclap, \/ after the sky’s gone dark again.” A vulnerable and transporting debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Light\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital record of how grief can endure, and how we can yet endure ourselves.","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54259801686360,"sku":"9781682262498","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781682262498.jpg?v=1778619629","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/trouble-with-light","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}