{"product_id":"the-mirrormaker-poems-paperback-1","title":"The Mirrormaker: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Laidlaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Mirrormaker\u003c\/em\u003e, songwriter and poet Brian Laidlaw melds myths ancient and contemporary among the raspberries, wolves, and taconite mines of Minnesota's Iron Range.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA companion volume to Laidlaw's 2015 project, \u003cem\u003eThe Stuntman\u003c\/em\u003e, this collection fuses the stories of two fabled couples: the mythical Narcissus and Echo, and Bob Dylan and Echo Star Helstrom, subject of the song \"Girl from the North Country.\" But where \u003cem\u003eThe Stuntman\u003c\/em\u003e focused on Narcissus, \u003cem\u003eThe Mirrormaker\u003c\/em\u003e takes its primary inspiration from Echo, drawing on ecocritical readings of American history and interrogating the masculine logic of resource extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these poems, Laidlaw explores themes of history and celebrity, love and longing, myth and meaning, in a landscape both ravaged and redemptive. He pits romantic obsession against self-obsession--\"The first time I saw the moon \/ I thought it was my idea\"--and asks whether a meaningful distinction can ever be drawn between the two. These themes are explored further in a companion song suite, written by Laidlaw and recorded with a longtime collaborator from the Iron Range, that accompanies this book via download.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharp, searching, and ecstatically musical, \u003cem\u003eThe Mirrormaker\u003c\/em\u003e is a genre-expanding exploration of boom and bust--in mining economies and in young love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45855493456069,"sku":"9781571314840","price":23.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/c1hWc0ZyM3NYSzI5NDdMNmk3WkJIZz09_dd072db6-2227-454e-bc69-ab32d502e494.webp?v=1771485360","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-mirrormaker-poems-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}