{"product_id":"world-to-world-by-valerie-martinez","title":"World to World \/ by Valerie Martínez","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Arizona Press, 2004. Trade paperback. Remainder mark. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn her second collection of poems,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Valerie Martínez builds on the artistic command of language that characterized her award-winning first volume, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsence, Luminescent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Taking on not only such familiar themes as love and loss, family and culture, but also the creative act of poetry itself, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld to World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e crosses new boundaries to chart a mature poet’s awareness of her own voice and style.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMartínez explores the dynamic of creation\/dissolution in original and intriguing ways. Here are the strange and provocative landscapes of the body and its disappearance . . . of matter and the absence of matter . . . of what is formed and what is falling from form. Throughout this compelling cycle, her deft manipulations of poetic structure disclose the boundaries where flesh, matter, and language become spirit, space, and \"cataractical brilliance.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn charting the relationships between time, form, body, language, and emptiness, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld to World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e maps the territories where the visible and the invisible meet, offering unexpected discoveries for discerning readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56324478763174,"sku":null,"price":10.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/worldtoworld.jpg?v=1774549960","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/world-to-world-by-valerie-martinez","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}