{"product_id":"ditch-memory-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Ditch Memory: New and Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTodd Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age when many find themselves disconnected from the natural world, celebrated poet Todd Davis offers the possibilities of reconnection, of listening to the earth's labored breathing, to the thoughts of other-than-human animals and the languages trees speak. In thirty new poems, and with ample selections from his previous seven books, Davis's roots run deep in Rust-Belt Appalachia, attending to the harmed but healing landscape, the people whose lives are too often neglected, and the looming threat of climate collapse and extinction. \u003ci\u003eOrion Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e likens Davis's work to Wendell Berry and Mary Oliver, as he continues to demonstrate what one reviewer describes as his knowledge of \"Latin names, common names, habitats and habits . . . steeped in the exactness of the earth and the science that unfolds in wildness.\" Known for both narrative and lyrical impulses, Davis asks readers to acknowledge their kinship with all living beings, which demands some grieving for past sins but also suggests a way toward restoration. With a Foreword by David James Duncan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven full-length collections of poetry--\u003ci\u003eCoffin Honey, Native Species, Winterkill, In the Kingdom of the Ditch, The Least of These, Some Heaven, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Ripe\u003c\/i\u003e--as well as of a limited-edition chapbook, \u003ci\u003eHousehold of Water, Moon, and Snow\u003c\/i\u003e. He edited the nonfiction collection, \u003ci\u003eFast Break to Line Break: Poets on the Art of Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e, and coedited the anthologies \u003ci\u003eA Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia and Making Poems: Forty Poems with Commentary by the Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has won the Midwest Book Award, the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize, the Chautauqua Editors Prize, the Bloomsburg University Book Prize, and the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year silver and bronze awards. His poems appear in such noted journals and magazines as \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Iowa Review, North American Review, Missouri Review, Gettysburg Review, Orion, Prairie Schooner, Southern Humanities Review, Western Humanities Review, Verse Daily, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Poetry Daily\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an emeritus fellow of the Black Earth Institute and teaches environmental studies, creative writing, and American literature at Pennsylvania State University's Altoona College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763410436384,"sku":"9781611865103","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/83cc40748e5f7ba1365825012f03146d.webp?v=1780234823","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ditch-memory-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}