{"product_id":"apropos-of-nothing-paperback","title":"Apropos of Nothing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jones can be stunning, effortlessly finding the right tone. This is instinctive poetry, combining bluntness with reserve.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Jones... demonstrates an ability both to transform into affirmation the tragedies of personal experience and to extract from them a more universal truth.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Jones is a poet of the heart.\"--\u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Jones is a poet of uncommon perceptual gifts and emotional depth. Long admired for his storytelling and candid, unadorned diction, Jones mines daily life to reveal our quietest moments and best selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Answer\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTonight, looking for the answer, \u003cbr\u003e I must have killed an hour\u003cbr\u003e flipping through philosophy and poetry books, \u003cbr\u003e every few minutes opening and reading a different title.\u003cbr\u003e I anxiously searched all the places I keep books--\u003cbr\u003e looking in the kitchen, the boys' rooms, \u003cbr\u003e checking the laundry room and workshop, \u003cbr\u003e before going outside finally to the curb\u003cbr\u003e to search through books tossed\u003cbr\u003e in the backseat of the car.\u003cbr\u003e Snow fell straight down in windless silence.\u003cbr\u003e The keys in my left hand jingled like very small bells.\u003cbr\u003e I stopped and tried to remember\u003cbr\u003e what I'd come into the night looking for.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poetry and founding editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry East\u003c\/i\u003e. Anthologized in Garrison Keillor's \u003ci\u003eGood Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and Billy Collins's \u003ci\u003ePoetry 180\u003c\/i\u003e, his poems have been featured on National Public Radio, BBC Radio, and \u003ci\u003eThe Writer's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Jones is the author of ten books of poetry and criticism and editor of Poetry East. He teaches at DePaul University in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 63\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9.12 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771616166176,"sku":"9781556592379","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f40c943dbbcaa7a20868fc1e00c8632b.webp?v=1780389634","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/apropos-of-nothing-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}