{"product_id":"so-late-so-soon-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","title":"So Late, So Soon: New and Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Moldaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Here are poems of intelligent consideration and a deft and heart-born music, filled with the gleam of particularity and a lushness of language and substance.\"--Jane Hirshfield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of poems, \u003cb\u003eCarol Moldaw\u003c\/b\u003e brings the reader to a world where contrasting things form a union that is distanced by mystery--either by the mystery within the things themselves, or the mystery that surrounds them, yet this bond is necessary and complete ... Overall, Moldaw's poems can be felt much like lightning is felt--as a dashed stroke of electricity that resonates long after the flash dissolves into a vast sky or field. -- Jennifer Belcik, \u003ci\u003eSouthwestern American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of acutely observed, deeply felt particulars, \u003cb\u003eCarol Moldaw\u003c\/b\u003e constructs poetry of imaginative daring that illuminates and transforms the life within us all. In \u003ci\u003eSo Late, So Soon\u003c\/i\u003e, \"oblique, wily, and intensely intelligent poems\" repeatedly achieve, to quote from \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \"lyric junctures of shivering beauty.\" Aurally rich, structurally varied, inventive, and sensually textured, these are poems at once passionate and analytical, descriptive and meditative, lyrical and complex--poems that keep one eye on the moon while leveling their gaze at the self and its immediate world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Out of the West\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the west, unexpected, lyric, \u003cbr\u003ea stand of yellow irises\u003cbr\u003erises from the pond muck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo horses graze the field, \u003cbr\u003eone limping from the fire they fled.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatter and spirit meet, love, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eargue\u003ci\u003e, wherever you rest your eyes, \u003cbr\u003eon microscopic midges, horseflies.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Moldaw\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Widening\u003c\/i\u003e, and four books of poetry--\u003ci\u003eThe Lightning Field\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2002 FIELD Poetry Prize; \u003ci\u003eThrough the Window\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eChalkmarks on Stone\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTaken from the River\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of a Lannan Foundation Marfa Writer's Residency, an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, and a Pushcart Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol Moldaw is the author of four books of poetry: The Lightning Field, winner of the FIELD Poetry Prize, Chalkmarks on Stone, Through the Window, published in a bilingual edition in Istanbul, and Taken from the River. A recipient of a Lannan Foundation Marfa Writers Residency and a Pushcart Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 179\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772804530464,"sku":"9780981968728","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ee3c8e4551c6ef0e7f660dd1f9e5af24.webp?v=1780414726","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/so-late-so-soon-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}