{"product_id":"in-and-out-love-poems-paperback","title":"In and Out: Love Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArnold Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn and Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by Arnold Johnston celebrates romantic love, despite and because of mortality, with playfulness and passion. These masterful poems are intimate and universal at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilma Wolitzer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, novelist, Guggenheim and NEA Fellow. author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Doctor's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHearts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTunnel of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn and Out: Love Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e displays the range of writing expertise by Arnold Johnston, highlighting free verse, Italian and English sonnets, pantoums, rhyming poems and even a ghazal! But you don't need to know what these forms are because the poems speak for themselves, their crisp language, their rhythm, their imagery. It's not often one comes across a consummate writer, one as seasoned as Johnston. These poems are a testament to his life as a poet and playwright, but also to his enduring love for his wife. He impresses us with his adept use of language, but more importantly, with his honest expression of desire and contentment found in the lives of those lucky to be married for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, poet, playwright, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlive in Your Skin While You Still Own It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe Dances Like Mussolini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArnold Johnston's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn and Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is Old School Postmodern, which is to say it seeks to apportion the slanted truth of woeful existence with measured grace, and to indicate redemption in the graceful act that each of his poems embodies. Arnold Johnston warps the tradition-from within-into a shape appropriate to the historical moment. Possessing a gift for constructing stunning metaphysical conceits, and possessing as well an ear as finely tuned as that of any poet alive on the planet, Johnston is composing verse that exists outside of spacetime, which some theoretic physicists are now telling us may not exist, anyway. I do not know of a living poet who deserves more to be read by discerning readers than Arnold Johnston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Katrovas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, poet, novelist, memoirist, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoets and the Fools Who Love Them\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlien Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eScorpio Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754900193568,"sku":"9781639806669","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/20d1897d6d96c49ed36d15be131adb23.webp?v=1780046096","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-and-out-love-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}