{"title":"Dorianne Laux","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDorianne Laux\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a profound exploration of everyday life through poetry that resonates with raw emotion and vivid imagery. Her work delves into human relationships, personal struggles, and moments of quiet revelation, inviting readers to experience the nuances of existence with clarity and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a compelling blend of honesty and artistry in collections like \u003cem\u003eLife on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Men\u003c\/em\u003e, where the language is both accessible and richly textured. Laux’s poetry captures the spirit of the arts and culture landscape, offering insight into the human condition with grace and intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"life-on-earth-by-dorianne-laux-9781324110354","title":"Life on Earth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her seventh collection, Dorianne Laux once again offers poems that move us, include us, and appreciate us fully as the flawed humans we are. \u003cem\u003eLife on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of praise for our planet and ourselves, delivered with Laux's trademark vitality, frank observation, and earthy wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith odes to the unlikely and elemental—salt, snow, crows, cups, Bisquick, a shovel and rake, the ubiquitous can of WD-40, \"the way \/ it releases the caught cogs \/ of the world\"—\u003cem\u003eLife on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e urges us all to find extraordinary magic in the mess of ordinary life. \"One of our most daring contemporary poets\" (Diana Whitney, \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e), Laux balances wonder at the night sky and the taste of a ripe peach with recognition of the sharp knife of mortality. The volume includes powerful homages to the poet's mother and her carpenter's spirit, reflections on loss and aging, and encounters with the fleeting beauty of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranscending life's inevitable moments of pain and uncertainty, \u003cem\u003eLife on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e instructs us in our own endless possibilities and the astonishing riches of the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424726958316,"sku":"9781324110354","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324110354.jpg?v=1774768322"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-men-by-dorianne-laux-9780393342659","title":"The Book of Men","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Men\u003c\/em\u003e, Dorianne Laux's fifth collection of poetry, peels back time to the summer of love and the Vietnam War. Her keen hindsight uncovers the humanity at the centre of conflict with language that goes straight to the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis work stands as an elegy for the loss of innocence, an homage to the glimmer underneath the urban grunge, and a love song to the imperfections that unite and divide us. Laux possesses what Tony Hoagland calls \"the brave art of looking,\" with an immediate and compassionate touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471731409132,"sku":"9780393342659","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/96b514ecc2068fee25c9d9c46d645ebe.jpg?v=1775792072"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/dorianne-laux.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}