{"product_id":"canopy","title":"Canopy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long-awaited yet startlingly urgent new collection from \"a contemporary master\"*--a fierce, big-hearted eye on our last, tumultuous decade, and our fragile environment *Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinda Gregerson's long-awaited new collection is a tour de force, a compendium of lives touched by the radical fragility of the planet and, ultimately, the endless astonishment and paradox of being human within the larger ecosystem, \"in a world where every breath I take is luck.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Syrian refugee and ecological crises, to police brutality and COVID, to the Global Seed Vault buried under permafrost, the poems ask: How does consciousness relate to the individual body, the individual to the communal, the community to our environment? How do we mourn a loved one, and how do we mourn strangers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magnificent poems in Canopy catalogue and reckon with humanity and the natural world, mortality, rage, love, grief, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does a poet reckon with a world in crisis?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoems About Grief and Loss: \u003c\/b\u003e Navigating the space between mourning a loved one and mourning strangers, these poems ask how we can carry sorrow in a world of constant crisis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEnvironmental Poetry: \u003c\/b\u003e From the Global Seed Vault buried in permafrost to the larger ecosystem, this collection confronts the radical fragility of our planet with a clear, unflinching eye.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoems About Social Justice: \u003c\/b\u003e Bearing witness to police brutality, the refugee crisis, and the pandemic, Gregerson catalogues the human cost of a tumultuous decade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLyrical and Literary Voice: \u003c\/b\u003e A collection that confirms why Linda Gregerson is called \"a contemporary master,\" where every line is a reminder that \"every breath I take is luck.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836071719117,"sku":"9780358622253","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_8ec83497-2956-42ab-96f3-f621f142ac5e.jpg?v=1790992683","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/canopy","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}