{"product_id":"the-painted-buntings-last-molt-poems","title":"The Painted Bunting's Last Molt: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Painted Bunting's Last Molt\u003c\/i\u003e explores fatherhood, parenting, and separation anxiety; and the ways in which time and memory are both a prison and a giver of joy. Fifteen years in the making, Virgil Suárez's new collection uses his mother's return to Cuba after 50 years of exile as a catalyst to muse on familial relationships, death, and the passing of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoon Decima\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf it were the Eucharist, it'd be hard to swallow, \u003cbr\u003ethis moon of lost impressions, a boy in deep water, \u003cbr\u003esomething tickling his skin. This memory of weight-\u003cbr\u003elessness--a kite that somehow still manages to hover\u003cbr\u003ein the dog mouth blackness of sky. This is a cut out\u003cbr\u003emoon of lost children, or is it a savior's moon?\u003cbr\u003eThis boy will float on home, or be swallowed\u003cbr\u003eby the water. Above the pines and mangroves, \u003cbr\u003ethis moon hangs unrelenting. Is it the one eye\u003cbr\u003eof an indifferent God that remains open just so?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virgil Suarez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822966098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirgil Suárez\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four novels, a collection of stories, two memoirs, and eight poetry collections, and he has coedited two anthologies with his wife, Delia Poey. Most recently he has published an anthology of Latino poetry titled \u003ci\u003ePaper Dance\u003c\/i\u003e. Suárez is the recipient of a fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts and a recipient of a Florida State Arts Grant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53323802542378,"sku":"9780822966098","price":20.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_34a0e34e-7d2f-4da9-bb6a-a23960ecc4a2.jpg?v=1793057800","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/the-painted-buntings-last-molt-poems","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}