{"title":"Ellen Bass","description":"\u003cp\u003eEllen Bass is the author of three books of poetry. Her collection \u003cem\u003eMules of Love\u003c\/em\u003e (BOA, 2002) won the Lambda Literary Award. Among her other awards are a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Elliston Book Award for Poetry from the University of Cincinnati, \u003cem\u003eNimrod\u003c\/em\u003e\/Hardman’s Pablo Neruda Prize, \u003cem\u003ethe Missouri Review’s\u003c\/em\u003e Larry Levis Award, a fellowship from the California Arts Council, and two Pushcart Prizes. Bass currently teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Pacific University. For more information about Ellen Bass, visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenbass.com\/\"\u003eellenbass.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mules-of-love","title":"Mules of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eBalancing heart-intelligent intimacy and surprising humor, the poems in Ellen Bass’s \u003cem\u003eMules of Love\u003c\/em\u003e illuminate the essential dynamics of our lives: family, community, sexual love, joy, loss, religion and death. The poems also explore the darker aspects of humanity—personal, cultural, historical and environmental violence—all of which are handled with compassion and grace. Bass’s poetic gift is her ability to commiserate with others afflicted by similar hungers and grief. \" The sudden intimacy of these poems will hold you to the page. Ellen Bass knows an awful lot and is ready to tell it all. Her poems will quicken the pulse, and as you read you will become anxious to discover more and more. But she can only tell you so much, one good line at a time, and that is more than enough.\" —Billy Collins \"Ellen Bass writes of ordinary life with a fierce and loving passion. Her honesty, her insights, and her mastery of language, particularly metaphor, make this book compelling reading.\" —Linda Pastan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSleeping With You \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs there anything more wonderful? \u003cbr\u003eAfter we have floundered\u003cbr\u003ethrough our separate pain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewe come to this.  I bind myself to you, \u003cbr\u003elike otters wrapped in kelp, so the current \u003cbr\u003ewill not steal us as we sleep. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the night we turn together,\u003cbr\u003erocked in the shallow surf,\u003cbr\u003epebbles polished by the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd 2002 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvailable editions: \u003cbr\u003e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003ePrice: $15.00 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8418716037,"sku":"1929918224","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/MULES_OF_LOVE.jpg?v=1527683301"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/11.1340213914.jpeg?v=1449014662","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/ellen-bass.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}