{"product_id":"desert-poems-paperback","title":"Desert: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Hinton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first collection of original poetry by the renowned nature writer and highly lauded translator of the Chinese classics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraveling today I\u003cbr\u003e found a river\u003cbr\u003e somewhere inside\u003cbr\u003e me, wondered \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e how far it\u003cbr\u003e wanders there \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e and how much\u003cbr\u003e sky it\u003cbr\u003e mirrors. All day\u003cbr\u003e long, wind and desert \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e light, I\u003cbr\u003e followed that river's\u003cbr\u003e distances . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving mind and landscape together in meditations on sky and wind, ridgeline and horizon, existence and self, \u003ci\u003eDesert\u003c\/i\u003e marks David Hinton's first collection of original poetry in over a decade. Hinton's poetic art has long shined brilliantly through his widely acclaimed Chinese translations--and here speaks for itself in his contemporary voice as he turns his attention to the transcendent landscape of the American West. Updating the philosophical insights of ancient China that Hinton has explored so deeply, these poems bring the wonder and ancient mystery of the desert landscape to light. Hinton demonstrated in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilds of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e how those ancient Chinese insights shaped the innovative American poetry of our time, and here he extends that tradition in poems that are spare and spacious, as vast and open as the desert itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Hinton's many translations of classical Chinese poetry have earned wide acclaim for creating compelling contemporary poems that convey the texture and density of the originals. He is also the first translator in over a century to translate the five seminal masterworks of Chinese philosophy: \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e T\u003ci\u003eao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChuang Tzu\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnalects\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMencius\u003c\/i\u003e. Hinton has received many national awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, both major awards for poetry translation, and most recently, a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\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 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770707018016,"sku":"9781611805932","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4ab62ffa37637265f0735405e3dae47d.webp?v=1780377359","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/desert-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}