{"product_id":"x-in-the-tickseed-poems-paperback","title":"X in the Tickseed: 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\u003eEd Falco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom discursive essay-poems to tightly constructed lyrics, Ed Falco's \u003ci\u003eX in the Tickseed\u003c\/i\u003e examines a world that reveals itself through its mysteries, reflecting upon the ephemeral nature of all things. In the series of poems that bookend the collection, a speaker identified only as X reviews personal history and relationships, speculating, pondering, and questioning in the face of a baffling universe. Peppered between the X poems, artists as varied as Artemisia Gentileschi, Frank O'Connor, and Nick Cave surface, usually in poems posing as essays about their art. Other poems range from explorations of cultural perspective, as in \"A Few Words to a Young American Killed in the Tet Offensive,\" where a war resister addresses a young man of his generation who died in Vietnam, to the often playful \"An Alphabet of Things.\" Throughout, Falco's poems speculate on matters of life and faith, intensified by an awareness of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Falco \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of a dozen books, including novels, short story collections, and poetry. A recipient of the Robert Penn Warren Prize in Poetry from the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the Emily Clark Balch Prize for Fiction from the \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003e he teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Virginia Tech\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984022012205,"sku":"9780807179208","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/zwkhSjQJMU9780807179208.webp?v=1776081441","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/x-in-the-tickseed-poems-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}