{"product_id":"south-ﾗ-south-poems-from-antarctica-paperback","title":"South ﾗ South: Poems from Antarctica - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Hood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vivid and insightful look at the culture and terrain of Antarctica, as well as the people who choose to live and work there, \u003ci\u003eSouth   South\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates and explores life at the extreme edge of our planet. Blending travel narrative, historical research, and the surprises of magical realism, Hood presents life in Antarctica and the history of polar aviation as both a miracle of achievement yet also as a way to understand humanity's longing to be creatures of the heavens as well as the earth. \u003ci\u003eSouth   South\u003c\/i\u003e is poetry at its most inventive and surprising, insisting that the world is stranger and more glorious than we ever might have guessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Hood\u003c\/b\u003e's journeys have taken him from the high Arctic to Patagonia, Easter Island, and the South Pole. He has been a dishwasher, a ski instructor, and a nature guide in Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis previous books include \u003ci\u003eBombing Ploesti\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eR? de Dios\u003c\/i\u003e from Red Hen Press, as well as \u003ci\u003eXopilote Cantos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Half-Life of Salt: Voices from the\u003c\/i\u003e Enola Gay. He has been the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship, an Artist in Residency with the Center for Land Use Interpretation, and an Artists and Writers grant from the National Science Foundation. Charles Hood teaches photography and writing at Antelope Valley College, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782300795168,"sku":"9780821420386","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ee3701a41c8102f98d739c62e243d702.webp?v=1780567508","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/south-%ef%be%97-south-poems-from-antarctica-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}