{"product_id":"let-the-heart-hold-down-the-breakage-or-the-caregivers-log","title":"Let the heart hold down the breakage or the caregiver's log","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hybrid work of poetry and prose journal entries. Maureen Owen's \"caretaker's log\" documents a mother's death and dying. A faithful transcription of a mothers remembered life rendered with true emotion. \"This magnificent work dwells in the struggle between death and dying,\" writes Fanny Howe. \"The poet is the one who balances this weird difficulty. She is the caregiver keeping both alive. Through nights where days of dying begin with tissues, toothpicks, cries, pillows, sheets; the caregiver's offerings to the patient never quite work. The panic of hitting nightfall with its galloping horses, rodeos and racetracks, and the Southwest ranges try to stay as truthful to the mother as they are to the daughter transcribing them, until these darkest of lyrics lie in the realm of the divine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaureen Owen\u003c\/strong\u003e is editor of Telephone Books and author of over ten poetry collections, including \u003cem\u003eAmerican Rush\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize finalist, and \u003cem\u003eAMELIA EARHEART\u003c\/em\u003e, a recipient of the American Book Award. Formerly codirector of the Poetry Project, she now lives in Denver and teaches at Naropa University. Most recently, she is the author of \u003cem\u003eEDGES OF WATER\u003c\/em\u003e (Chax Press, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This magnificent work dwells in the struggle between death and dying. The poet is the one who balances this weird difficulty. She is the caregiver keeping both alive. Through nights where days of dying begin with tissues, toothpicks, cries, pillows, sheets; the caregiver's offerings to the patient never quite work. The panic of hitting nightfall with its galloping horses, rodeos and racetracks, and the Southwest ranges try to stay as truthful to the mother as they are to the daughter transcribing them, until these darkest of lyrics lie in the realm of the divine.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eFanny Howe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[This book] evokes the real emotion without mentioning the real emotion.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eDale Herd\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526371528979,"sku":"9781934909720","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/3521\/2563\/files\/9781934909720ita.jpg?v=1785851935","url":"https:\/\/danuc.net\/products\/let-the-heart-hold-down-the-breakage-or-the-caregivers-log","provider":"Danu's Wardrobe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}