{"product_id":"of-silence-and-song-paperback","title":"Of Silence and Song - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Beachy-Quick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMidway through the journey of his life, Dan Beachy-Quick found himself without a path, unsure how to live well. \u003cem\u003eOf Silence and Song\u003c\/em\u003e follows him through the forest of his experience, on a classical search for meaning in the world and in his particular, quiet life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn essays, fragments, marginalia, images, travel writing, and poetry, Beachy-Quick traces relationships and the identities through which he sees the world. As father and husband. As teacher and student. As citizen and scholar. And as poet and reader, wondering at the potential and limits of literature, and guided by his studies in ancient Greek.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOf Silence and Song\u003c\/em\u003e finds its inferno--and its paradise--in moments both historically vast and nakedly intimate. Our world's disappearing bees, James Eagan Holmes, Columbine, and the persistent, unforgivable crime of slavery--these are the circles of hell Beachy-Quick wanders, but cannot escape. And yet he encounters redemption in the art of Marcel Duchamp, the pressed flowers in Emily Dickinson's Bible, and long walks with his youngest daughter, Iris. \"The litany in hell is weeping, weeping,\" he writes, \"but there are other litanies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurious, earnest, and masterful, \u003cem\u003eOf Silence and Song\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable exploration of the human soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Beachy-Quick\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poetry; six chapbooks; a book of interlinked essays on \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Whaler's Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collection of essays, meditations, and tales, \u003ci\u003eWonderful Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e; and a novel, \u003ci\u003eAn Impenetrable Screen of Purest Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, among other projects. He is a contributing editor for the journals \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has won the Colorado Book Award, and has been a finalist for the William Carlos Williams Prize and the PEN\/USA Literary Award in Poetry. He is currently a Guggenheim Fellow and a Creative Fellow of the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771448361248,"sku":"9781571313621","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4248ff4870913d8b22d2d6e33f4ddef1.webp?v=1780386762","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/of-silence-and-song-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}