{"product_id":"mother-desert-poems","title":"Mother Desert: Poems","description":"Winner of the 2011 Bakeless Prize for Poetry, the debut collection by Jo Sarzotti\u003cbr\u003eI have learned three things in the north:\u003cbr\u003eThe sea has a lung,\u003cbr\u003eThe dead do not eat grass, nor\u003cbr\u003eDo they return.\u003cbr\u003e--from \"The Origin of Salt\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these poems, Jo Sarzotti portrays a personal geography ranging from the desert of the title to the far north, from the mother to the father. In between are found ocean floor, mountain peak, jungle, beach, ancient and modern cities, as well as animal and human companions, including the famous or notorious. With emotional clarity and beauty, Sarzotti's debut is uncompromising in its craft and evocative in its imagistic power.","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47855994732770,"sku":"MTO-MACMILLAN-2026-06-3-6.75-540","price":31.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_539_oA918GuP5.jpg?v=1780489361","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/products\/mother-desert-poems","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}