{"product_id":"9781639820917","title":"Rose Is a Verb: Neo-Georgics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA little more than two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Virgil wrote his \u003cem\u003eGeorgics\u003c\/em\u003e, a long poetic sequence about agriculture, suffused with profound reflections on the relationship between humanity, nature, and the divine-and reflecting the political turmoil of his times.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalifornia poet Karen An-hwei Lee, inspired by Virgil, has created her own dense, richly-layered collection of \"Neo-Georgics,\" constituting an extended exploration of such motifs as happiness, olive groves, vineyards, soil chemistries, the seacoast, and the birth of trees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Lee's contemporary rendering we confront an environment blighted by our carbon footprint; advancements in agricultural technology and genetic engineering; the digital age; fossil fuel transportation; and vanishing bees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRose Is a Verb \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the ancient tradition of agrarian labor, including tilling the soil and interpreting weather signs and war omens. The poems flash with verbal ingenuity and mind-bending allusions-challenging the heart and mind but repaying slow, careful readings many times over. A meditation on the natural environment, this collection serves as a bio-mythography of procreation and a reflection on the meaning of happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48525224542449,"sku":"9781639820917","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781639820917_p0.jpg?v=1786249027","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781639820917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}