{"product_id":"tree-of-knowledge-poems","title":"Tree Of Knowledge: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Poet Watches The Limbs Of A Eucalyptus Tree Get Sawed Off: The Image Persists, Refracting And Recurring Across Poems Of Art, Language, Selfhood, Memory, And Loss.Joan Mitchell Said, When I Talk About Love, I Mean Loving A Tree. When I Talk About Love, I Mean Loving Where A Tree Used To Be.Men Assess The Eucalyptus Tree Growing On The PoetS Street; A Crane Arrives. The Sound Of A Chainsaw Rings In The Air And Branches Begin To Fall. This TreeCutting Haunts The Poet And Becomes The Locus From Which The Rest Of The Collection Spirals. It Refracts Across Works By Artists Such As Pablo Picasso, Joan Mitchell, And Hilma Af Klint, Whose Painting Series Lends The Collection Its Title And Who Becomes A Model For Engaging With The World. At The Core Of The Collection, The Long Poem Eureka Examines The Violent 1885 Expulsion Of Chinese Americans From The Eponymous California Town. Roving, Evocative, And Intricate, Tree Of Knowledge Is Rooted In Victoria ChangS Crystalline Voice And Generous, Probing Gaze, And By Certain Images Trees, A Hanging Figure, A Branch, Fingertips, A BriefcaseThat Resurface Like Apparitions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus And Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47958926557429,"sku":"DADAX0374614369","price":40.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/617lP6X_vLL.jpg?v=1775581320","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/tree-of-knowledge-poems","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}