{"product_id":"9781556596643","title":"The Fears","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn unflinching study of death, Kevin Prufer’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fears\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einvites us to consider what it means to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ematter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditor, publisher, and poet Kevin Prufer presents his ninth poetry collection,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an intimate meditation on storytelling and mortality. \"Ghostlit by streetlights” and filtered t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehrough tale and recollection, Prufer examines our fears of loss, death, and obscurity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNarratives are braided together as Prufer manipulates white space to mimic the silence of minds at work on unsolvable problems, how time “unravels \/ endlessly.” Here, visions of classical Greece and the trials of ancient Romans coexist with the everyday—memories of a parent’s death or the loss of a pet. We bear witness as the poet writes to preserve the intricacy of his own mind against the “certainty of absence.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExploring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e what it means to be forgotten and how legacy is preserved through poetry, history books, a mummy’s index finger, and love letters from the grave,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e invites us to consider what it means to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ematter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kevin Prufer","offers":[{"title":"Copper Canyon Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-13","offer_id":44230048874751,"sku":"9781556596643","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_214fd4f3-2ead-4045-a0a4-5655095592c5.jpg?v=1694463029","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781556596643","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}