{"product_id":"mercies-in-the-american-desert-poems-paperback","title":"Mercies in the American Desert: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Landry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflecting on the Salem witch trials, Puritan minister Cotton Mather cautioned his flock against the moral temptations of the unknown wild, located in what he termed an \"American desert.\" Today, more than three hundred years later, we understand that our troubles have their origins not in some ambiguous beyond; rather, they are of our own making. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenjamin Landry's \u003ci\u003eMercies in the American Desert\u003c\/i\u003e attempts a clear-eyed reckoning with the people and the nation we have become: a land assailed by gun violence, police brutality, and state-sanctioned racism. This vivid collection considers a range of bodies encompassing the geographic, the personal, and the political. It locates solace in movement, sound, and observation, as when Pina Bausch heron-dances down a traffic median or when the expansive form of a surfacing manta ray teaches us how to breathe again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncorporating short bursts of prose poem alongside longer meditations, and working in both alliterative and narrative modes, \u003ci\u003eMercies in the American Desert\u003c\/i\u003e conjures a redemptive wilderness for our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Landry \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eParticle and Wave, \u003c\/i\u003e shortlisted for the Believer Poetry Award, and \u003ci\u003eBurn Lyrics.\u003c\/i\u003e His poems have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTin House, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. He is visiting assistant professor of creative writing in poetry at SUNY-Potsdam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45610811457580,"sku":"9780807173114","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/mercies-in-the-american-desert-poems-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}