{"product_id":"civil-twilight-paperback-1","title":"Civil Twilight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia Huntington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew collection from National Book Award finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Civil twilight is the astronomical term for the minutes just before sunrise and just after sunset. If one took a snapshot, it would be impossible to tell whether the light was increasing or diminishing. The poems in \u003ci\u003eCivil Twilight\u003c\/i\u003e arise in this liminal space. With luminous precision, Cynthia Huntington examines the civil twilight we live in now, unsure of whether the darkness is closing in or whether the light is about to break. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here the poet is both skeptic and seeker, for any hope worth discovering needs to withstand the facts at hand. Is everything getting worse, or are things about to improve? Or is this the way things have always been, both hopeful and terrifying, and it is our questions that need to change? In part one, the speaker strives for balance by maintaining light and warmth in a cold season. In part two, American scenes of construction and destruction are set beside moments from history: Rome, the British Empire, and American immigration. Part three enfolds questions of history and power within winter scenes and the artist's imagination. In part four, the speaker looks back and admits answers remain elusive, yet points to the new ways of thinking and feeling about survival that have resulted from the work. And here, the half-light shifts. In a world teetering on the edge of collapse, \u003ci\u003eCivil Twilight\u003c\/i\u003e wrestles hard-won hope from disquiet, coming to rest in what is. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia Huntington\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eTerra Nova\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for a National Book Award; Levis Prize-winner \u003ci\u003eThe Radiant\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWe Have Gone to the Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Beatrice Hawley Award and the Jane Kenyon Award; and \u003ci\u003eThe Fish-Wife\u003c\/i\u003e; and the nonfiction prose volume \u003ci\u003eThe Salt House\u003c\/i\u003e. Huntington is an emeritus professor of English and creative writing at Dartmouth College, a former Guggenheim Fellow, a former poet laureate of New Hampshire, and a two-time National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764093813024,"sku":"9780809339303","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e72dabbc9aa9e6dc00597e09a4879899.webp?v=1780243496","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/civil-twilight-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}