{"id":9921,"date":"2017-02-07T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourwaybooks.com\/site\/?page_id=9921"},"modified":"2024-11-14T12:30:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:30:48","slug":"scale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fourwaybooks.com\/site\/scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scale<\/em><\/h1>\n

Nathan McClain<\/h2>\n

Silver Winner of a Human Relations Indie Book Award<\/a><\/h5>\n

An astonishing debut, Nathan McClain’s Scale<\/em> is a fierce and unflinching look at the bonds between father and son. From Superman’s Fortress of Solitude to Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks<\/em>, at koi ponds and outside Eden, these poems search for answers to the question “how do we reckon with the past?” Witty, tender, and full of fire, here is a collection from a powerful, assured new voice.<\/p>\n

From “Fire Destroys Beloved Chicago Bakery,\u201d from Scale<\/em>:<\/p>\n

How is it that you misread \u201cfire\u201d \nas \u201cfather\u201d\u2014your<\/em> father\u2014 \ncome back from the dead, \n\nto sweep, like hard wind, through the building, \nto smash, with a Louisville Slugger,\nevery pastry with which you'd pack \n\nyour sweet little mouth, then\nflick a lit match into the trash bin?\nThe entire building\n\nwill have to be demolished\nbecause the father took hours \nfinally to be put out;\n\nit was a stubborn father. Your<\/em> father \nwho once, outside a grocery store, \nwarned you against asking \n\nfor anything inside, so you have learned \nto keep your appetites a secret....<\/pre>\n
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