{"product_id":"the-poet-the-lion-talking-pictures-el-farolito-a-wedding-in-st-roch-the-big-box-store-the-warp-in-the-mirror-spring-midnights-fire-all-paperback","title":"The Poet, the Lion, Talking Pictures, El Farolito, a Wedding in St. Roch, the Big Box Store, the Warp in the Mirror, Spring, Midnights, Fire \u0026 All - 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\u003eC. D. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWright shrinks back from nothing.--\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWright belongs to a school of exactly one.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWright has found a way to wed fragments of an iconic America to a luminously strange idiom, eerie as a tin whistle.--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC.D. Wright is one of America's oddest, best, and most appealing poets.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA companion to her astonishing collection of prose \u003ci\u003eCooling Time\u003c\/i\u003e, C.D. Wright argues for poetry as a way of being \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e seeing, and calls it the one arena where I am not inclined to crank up the fog machine. Wright's passion for the genre is pure inspiration, and in her hands the answer to the question of poetry \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003epoetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom In a Word: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI love the nouns of a time in a place, where a sack once was a poke and native skag was junk glass not junk and junk was just junk not smack and smack entailed eating with your mouth open, and an Egyptian one-eye was an egg, sunny side up, and a nation sack was a flannel amulet, worn only by women, to be touched only by women, especially around Memphis. Red sacks for love and green for money...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC.D. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e's most recent volume, \u003ci\u003eOne With Others\u003c\/i\u003e, was a National Book Award finalist. Among her many honors are the Griffin Poetry Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship. She teaches at Brown University and lives outside of Providence, Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eC.D. Wright: C.D. Wright has published over a dozen works of poetry and prose, including the recent volumes One With Others, which was nominated for a National Book Award, One Big Self: An Investigation, and Rising Falling Hovering. Among her many honors are the Robert Creeley Award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, and a MacArthur Fellowship. She teaches at Brown University and lives outside of Providence, Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984070345005,"sku":"9781556594854","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/SmZWN3ZwMmJ0bjFxR01GOGNmUzk2UT09.webp?v=1776081742","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-poet-the-lion-talking-pictures-el-farolito-a-wedding-in-st-roch-the-big-box-store-the-warp-in-the-mirror-spring-midnights-fire-all-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}