{"product_id":"something-bright-then-holes-poems","title":"Something Bright, Then Holes: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBefore Maggie Nelson's name became synonymous with such genre-defying, binary-slaying writing as \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection of poetry introduced readers to a singular voice in the making: exhilarating, fiercely vulnerable, intellectually curious, and one of a kind.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThese days\/the world seems to split up\/into those who need to dredge\/and those who shrug their shoulders\/and say, It's just something\/that happened.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Maggie Nelson refers here to a polluted urban waterway, the Gowanus Canal, these words could just as easily describe Nelson's incisive approach to desire, heartbreak, and emotional excavation in \u003ci\u003eSomething Bright, Then Holes\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether writing from the debris-strewn shores of a contaminated canal or from the hospital room of a friend, Nelson charts each emotional landscape she encounters with unparalleled precision and empathy. Since its publication in 2007, the collection has proven itself to be both a record of a singular vision in the making as well as a timeless meditation on love, loss, and―perhaps most frightening of all―freedom.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51173328945463,"sku":"9781593762308","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/9926\/1239\/files\/imageloader_7dbdf49b-3817-4c85-8ac5-c143bdba848b.jpg?v=1759751459","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbooks.com\/products\/something-bright-then-holes-poems","provider":"Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}