{"product_id":"trace-9781571314499","title":"Trace","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eric Pankey\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\u003eEric Pankey's arresting ninth collection of poems, \u003cem\u003eTrace\u003c\/em\u003e, sits at the threshold between faith and doubt--between the visible and the invisible, the sayable and the ineffable, the physical and the metaphysical.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTrace\u003c\/em\u003e, Pankey creates images of both stark beauty and stark truth. The skeleton of a burning home becomes a children's drawing of a house. The waning moon wears a mask, sheds grit, disappears in \"straw effigy.\" And the departure of a loved one is compared to the retreat of a glacier--leaving behind an exposed and scarred speaker. As the collection progresses, it maps a journey into deep depression, confronting one man's struggle to overcome that condition's smothering weight and presence. With remarkable clarity and complexity, \u003cem\u003eTrace\u003c\/em\u003e also charts the poet's attempt to be inspired, to breathe again, to give breath and life to words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver solemn, ever existential, Pankey's poems find us at our most vulnerable, the moment when we as humans--believers and nonbelievers alike--must ultimately pause to question the uncertain fate of our souls.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999693521047,"sku":"9781571314499","price":765.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781571314499.webp?v=1783601451","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/trace-9781571314499","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}