{"product_id":"the-narrow-circle-paperback","title":"The Narrow Circle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathan Hoks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected as a winner of the National Poetry Series by Dean Young\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Ashbery called \u003ci\u003eReveilles\u003c\/i\u003e, Nathan Hoks's debut book, a \"dazzling\" collection and Hoks a poet whose \"fine gradations of observation turn the reader into a barometer of strong subtleties like those of the weather, that can be minute even as they affect us powerfully.\" The poems in Hoks's new book, \u003ci\u003eThe Narrow Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, perform a similar magic. In associative lyrics and fabulist prose, Hoks explores inner and outer experiences. The poems frequently focus on the body as a membrane where everything becomes inside-out--where the \"face disperses with angels of teeth and loam,\" where \"sky comes out of the mouth,\" where a giant green worm \"burrows a hole in the head,\" and where the heart is a vestibule that cannot be closed. Suites of pictures within the text further delineate this inward-outward pull, offering visualizations of interior voices and sketches of exterior shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathan Hoks\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eReveilles\u003c\/i\u003e, which won Salt Publishing's Crashaw Prize in 2010. His poems and translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eCrazyhorse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCircumference\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVerse\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an editor and letterpress printer for Convulsive Editions, and lives with his wife and son in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47570416369885,"sku":"9780143123736","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/5QoCcJ5Ovg9780143123736.webp?v=1773353484","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-narrow-circle-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}