{"product_id":"blue-colonial-paperback","title":"Blue Colonial - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Roderick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Pinsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Roderick's poems are exquisitely made with language that is rich and precise. . . . He convinces us that we are all pilgrims committing our acts of courage as well as our little crimes. This book is immensely rewarding.\"--James Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlue Colonial, \u003c\/i\u003e David Roderick memorializes his hometown by excavating and re-imagining its individual and collective histories. Set in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where English colonists first settled in 1620, \u003ci\u003eBlue Colonial\u003c\/i\u003e uses dramatic and narrative effects to explore the burdens of historical inheritance: vanished Native American tribes, the seeds of American culture, and our physical and psychological encroachment upon the natural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether he is writing about historical legacy or his own backyard, Roderick has arrived at a voice of distinct solitariness and precise observation. With passion and sly wit, he has composed a strangely luminous book, a poetry collection that resonates with gravity, fine music, and a deep regard for the task of being human in the world. With an introduction by Robert Pinsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Roderick has published poems in many leading literary magazines. He earned an M.F.A. at the University of Massachusetts and spent two years as a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University. He lives and teaches in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9.04 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772811870496,"sku":"9780977639519","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/512422cfe99e375be3f24afbe261447a.webp?v=1780414915","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/blue-colonial-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}