{"product_id":"9781639801978","title":"The Waiting Room of the Imperfect Alibis","description":"In \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waiting Room of Imperfect Alibis, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Katrin Talbot asks herself that most terrifying and difficult of questions: \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ewho are you now?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEach of us finds herself changed after these years of sorrow and grief, but how? She finds herself to be a piece of shimmering lake, a grade-school kickball champ, a careful cutter of silk, a martyr, an icon, a string on Picasso's guitar, a merhag, your anything, your stunt double. Best of all, we find her to be a guide who lowers us into the well of selves, sings to us all the while so we don't lose heart, pulls us back out, and marvels with us at what was found there. \u003cp\u003e-Rita Mae Reese, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hulga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatrin Talbot's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waiting Room of Imperfect Alibis\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis imbued with the perceptions of a poet who carefully considers the everyday in our lives and the natural world around us, filling each poem, each page with insight and memory, sorrow, and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica that island off the coast of France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraceful coordination is something one might expect from an accomplished writer, a virtuoso musician, or even a dedicated swimmer-but when all three such talents become intertwined, they achieve a rare kind of artistry, as demonstrated by the poems of Katrin Talbot. In this remarkable (and often profound) collection of her recent work, the reader will sense the delicate rhythms of her artfully selected vocabulary, often lit up with touches of sensuality and pure wit-even including some impressionistic thoughts on such matters as \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe essential percussion of tennis balls in the dryer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e On virtually every page, Talbot memorably reminds us that \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ewe are all going through key changes, \/ major and minor, \/ some of us still humming.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Marilyn L. Taylor, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside the Frame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Kelsay Books, 2021) and former Poet Laureate of Wisconsin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43085180567613,"sku":"9781639801978","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781639801978_p0.jpg?v=1775256882","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781639801978","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}