{"product_id":"a-long-time-to-be-gone-paperback","title":"A Long Time to Be Gone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael McFee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems that discover enduring pleasures in the details of our everyday lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michael McFee's twelfth collection of poetry explores challenging subjects--the realities of aging, the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the disappearance of Appalachian culture--in poems that discover enduring pleasures in the details of our everyday lives. It also includes vivid, lively, and imaginative responses to quirky words, a jazz standard, family members, celebrities, and several paintings. As one reader has said, \"In his poems filled with quotidian experience, the objects of the material world shimmer with consequence: they are alight with attention--McFee's, and through his art, ours. He is one of our best poets.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of Asheville, North Carolina, and resident of Durham, \u003cb\u003eMichael McFee\u003c\/b\u003e is the Doris Betts Term Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he teaches in the Creative Writing Program. He is the author or editor of sixteen previous books, most recently \u003ci\u003eWe Were Once Here\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAppointed Rounds\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765885370656,"sku":"9780887486869","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e67428db1e9a713c407559927689608d.webp?v=1780282285","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-long-time-to-be-gone-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}