{"product_id":"charming-gardeners-paperback","title":"Charming Gardeners - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Biespiel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe formally nuanced and wise epistolary poems in David Biespiel's new collection are grounded in friendship, camaraderie, and the vulnerability and boldness that defines America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoving from the old Confederacy of Biespiel's native South to Portland, Oregon, \u003ci\u003eCharming Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e explores the wildness of the Northwest, the avenues of Washington, D.C., the coal fields of West Virginia, and an endless stretch of airplanes and hotel rooms from New York to Texas to California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese poems explore the \"insistent murmurs\" of memory and the emotional connections between individuals and history, as well as the bonds of brotherhood, the ghosts of America's wars, and the vibrancy of love, sex, and intimacy. We are offered poems addressed to family, friends, poets, and political rivals -- all in a masterful idiom Robert Pinsky has called Biespiel's \"own original grand style.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI should stop back there\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd stand on both feet in the grazing sunlight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd hear this chorus of America singing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I am so afraid of the testament of the delivered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \"TO __________ FROM THE JEWISH CEMETERY IN WILLIAMSON, WEST VIRGINIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Biespiel \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eWild Civility\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Men and Women\u003c\/i\u003e. He also contributed to \u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e from 2008 to 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751565361440,"sku":"9780295994550","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e5636df9de1a08ce61ac9ad4ee26f6db.webp?v=1779976011","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/charming-gardeners-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}