{"product_id":"sad-little-breathing-machine","title":"Sad Little Breathing Machine","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSad Little Breathing Machine\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMatthea Harvey\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781555973964\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eGraywolf Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e80\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvey, whose debut collection was praised by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eas \"intensely visual, mournfully comic and syntactically \u003cbr\u003einventive,\" offers her second stunning collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnits are the engines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI understand best.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne betrayal, two.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerrily, merrily, merrily.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-from \"Introduction to the World\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSad Little Breathing Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, Matthea Harvey explores the strange and intricate mechanics of human systems-of the body, of thought, of language itself. These are the engines, like poetry, that propel both our comprehension and misunderstanding. \"If you're lucky,\" Harvey writes, \"after a number of \/ revolutions, you'll \/ feel something catch.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I pictured myself arriving at an amusement park, only none of the rides are familiar. I considered running away. I could break my neck or be catapulted into the sky. I might never be seen again. It's only poetry, I reminded myself, and climbed on board. I'm tossed and bucked and jabbed and lashed and flipped. I'm having a nearly insane amount of fun, and I don't want it to ever end.\" --James Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Sad Little Breathing Machine | Matthea Harvey | Paperback | 9781555973964 | Used: Like New | Poetry 1741473 (temp: 17)","offer_id":48168909439128,"sku":"1741473","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71hn0apTtQL.jpg?v=1771981650","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/sad-little-breathing-machine","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}