{"product_id":"crow-work-poems-paperback","title":"Crow-Work: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Pankey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Dazzlingly alert.\" --MARY SZYBIST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What is a song but a snare to capture the moment?\" This central question drives \u003cem\u003eCrow-Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Eric Pankey's ekphrastic exploration of the moment where emotion and energy flood a work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough subjects as diverse as Brueghel's \u003cem\u003eProcession to Calvary\u003c\/em\u003e, Anish Kapoor's \u003cem\u003eHealing of Saint Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e, Caravaggio's series of severed heads, and James Turrell's experimentation with light and color, the author travels to an impossible past, despite being firmly rooted in the present, to seek out \"the songbird in every thorn thicket\" of the artist's work. Short bursts of lyrical beauty burn away \"like coils of incense ash\"; bodies in the light of a cave flicker, coalesce, and disappear. By capturing the ephemeral beauty of life in these poems, \u003cem\u003eCrow-Work\u003c\/em\u003e seeks not only to explain great art, but also to embody it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Pankey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten collections of poems. His 1984 release, \u003ci\u003eFor the New Year\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected as the winner of the Walt Whitman Award. The 2013 collection, \u003ci\u003eDismantling the Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, won the New Measure Prize. His poetry, essays, and reviews have appeared widely in such journals as \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Pankey is Professor of English and Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University. He currently resides in Fairfax, VA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.55 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771442856224,"sku":"9781571314543","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c47ffce047455d9180c7d695d068d833.webp?v=1780386642","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/crow-work-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}