{"product_id":"knot-by-forrest-gander-9781556596711","title":"Knot","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePulitzer Prize winning poet Forrest Gander responds to the provocative photographs of Jack Shear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe elements are timeless and fundamental—a male nude and a piece of black linen—and the photographic results are miraculous. Within \u003cem\u003eKnot\u003c\/em\u003e are twenty-three lush black and white photographs of a body and cloth performing a provocative ballet, a wrestling match, a tense sequence of appearances and disappearances that immediately take on symbolic weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen poet Forrest Gander first encountered these images, he asked Jack Shear for more. As Gander recalls, the photographs arrived \"dreamy, violent, mythic, and elemental... I set them up around the room and knew I wanted to write my way into them.\" The result is a profound dialogue between word and image, observation and inspiration, imagination and intellect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat do you see?\u003c\/em\u003e one poem asks. \"A divinity wrung from a black cloud.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486328668396,"sku":"9781556596711","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6be0099e155133efc6c6f159936bcac0.jpg?v=1775779631","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/knot-by-forrest-gander-9781556596711","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}