{"product_id":"off-season-in-the-promised-land-paperback","title":"Off-Season in the Promised Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMakuck Peter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems speak to the various ways we exile ourselves from a paradise that is available at any given moment. A young girl practicing flute on the end of a pier, furniture repair, an ancient shark tooth, the deaths of friends--these are some of Makuck's subjects. His short lyrics and long narratives vary from comic to elegiac, often finding their locus in the landscapes of coastal North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Makuck \u003c\/b\u003eis a distinguished professor of arts and sciences at East Carolina University and edits \u003ci\u003eTar River Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published six previous collections of poetry and received the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Award for the best collection of poetry by a North Carolinian. He lives on Bogue Banks in North Carolina's barrier islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Makuck is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University. He has edited Tar River Poetry since 1978. His six collections of poetry include, Where We Live (BOA Editions, 1982); The Sunken Lightship (BOA, 1990); and Against Distance (BOA, 1997).\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 0.31 x 9.02 x 6.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769976881440,"sku":"9781929918713","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f43eb47ce3c1b2be5710daa5b2038dad.webp?v=1780361540","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/off-season-in-the-promised-land-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}