{"product_id":"upstairs-listening-paperback","title":"Upstairs, Listening - 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\u003eMelinda Lepere\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough musically muscular verse at once tender and unflinching, Melinda LePere leads us along the fault lines of a seasoned life into spare domestic spaces, rooms populated by ghosts and puppets, Sunday gravy and severed limbs. Here, the music of the riptide competes with a cathedral's pipe organ and the slap and scratch of cars with a vacuum's roar. And to all of it, a child is always \u003cem\u003eupstairs, listening\u003c\/em\u003e. These poems know their weight. And they know us, too, how we sometimes wonder if every family is \"a kind of prison.\" Listen, \"someone is rhyming a ball against the house.\" Here we are, skittish as horses, a \"flailing animal fighting for release.\" Here, we are heard; here, we are seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eJennifer Sperry Steinorth, author of \u003cem\u003eA Wake with Nine Shades\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHer Read, A Graphic Poem\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 44\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.11 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47579357249757,"sku":"9781950744121","price":11.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/RWtNcUk4T2dqbHJwVGdjbnhvRVJ4QT09.webp?v=1773523876","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/upstairs-listening-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}