{"product_id":"new-barrier-islands","title":"New Barrier Islands","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBarrier islands are what protect coastlines from erosion, and are essential to maintain fisheries, as well as land.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIf they don’t exist, storms and wave action eat away the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOn the other hand, they stop flotsam and jetsam from drifting ashore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt’s the eternal double-edged sword:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWhat do we let in or keep out?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI hope these poems show you worlds you might not visit otherwise, and they erode the separation we feel from people and places unlike ourselves and our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThese poems are explorations of nature, family, love and their intersections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Barrier Islands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis about lives lived near and along the shores of South Louisiana and the land, water and humans there.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThese people and this place are parochial, yet universal, and remind us we are united on this blue marble, that, as the philosopher Gottfried Leibnitz said, “…is the best of all possible worlds.” \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Plicque","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48814328512752,"sku":"7254","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2214\/0331\/files\/plicque-cover-web.jpg?v=1770667021","url":"https:\/\/www.1850housestore.com\/fr\/products\/new-barrier-islands","provider":"1850 House Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}