{"product_id":"the-fact-of-the-matter-9781571314482","title":"The Fact of the Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sally Keith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoving from the mundane to the profound, first through observation of fact and matter, then shifting perspective, engaging a deeper sense of self, these poems re-imagine things great and small, making us care deeply about the world around us. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this cultivated and intricately crafted collection, Sally Keith shows the self as a crucible of force--that which compels us to exert ourselves upon the world, and meanwhile renders us vulnerable to it. Force by which a line unfurls--as in Robert Smithson's colossal Spiral Jetty--or leads with forward motion--a train hurdling along the west-reaching railroad; Edweard Muybridge's photographic reels charting animal and human locomotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith poems remarkable in their clarity, captivating in their matter-of-factness, Keith examines the impossible and inevitable privacy of being a person in the world, meanwhile negotiating an inexorable pull toward the places we call home--one we alternately try and fail to resist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999697551511,"sku":"9781571314482","price":767.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781571314482.webp?v=1783601459","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-fact-of-the-matter-9781571314482","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}