{"product_id":"that-ship-has-sailed-paperback","title":"That Ship Has Sailed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerence Winch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat Ship Has Sailed \u003c\/i\u003esynthesizes the serious and comic to address sex, love, loss, death, belief, the afterlife, and the past. The poems are honest and direct without sacrificing \"the uncertainties, mysteries, and doubts\" that Keats singles out in his notion of \"negative capability,\" alluded to in the title poem. Amplified by the poet's work as a traditional Irish musician and composer, language is the adhesive that brings the work together across the avant-garde to traditional forms and meters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJFK, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eASSASINATED \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am on my way to the car, part of the car pool, going to school, \u003cbr\u003eand everybody else is standing in front of the open doors\u003cbr\u003eof their cars, bent over, their heads resting on their arms, \u003cbr\u003elistening to the news of the assassination. I think we cried.\u003cbr\u003eWe went to school and prayed and cried. It snowed in April\u003cbr\u003ethat year. That year, no one had yet committed any sex crimes.\u003cbr\u003eNo one was a junkie. Only a few of us had already died. This\u003cbr\u003ewas when men mistreated their wives and children, when men \u003cbr\u003espent their days digging ditches, drinking quart bottles of Miller High\u003cbr\u003eLife, which was cold and golden. You could wear hats back\u003cbr\u003ethen. You could go out very late at night and walk the streets\u003cbr\u003esmoking cigarettes, looking for love. You could stay until\u003cbr\u003ethe bars closed. You could sit on the stoop, blowing smoke\u003cbr\u003eat the sky, wondering what would happen, you know, in\u003cbr\u003ethe future, which was like a far-off country you would\u003cbr\u003enever get to visit, but whose laws you were forced to obey.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerence Winch \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eight previous poetry collections, the young adult novel \u003ci\u003eSeeing Eye Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short story collections \u003ci\u003eContenders \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThat Special Place\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, a Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing, a Columbia Book Award, and the American Book Award, among other honors. The Bronx-born son of Irish immigrants, Winch is also a founding member of acclaimed Irish band Celtic Thunder and composer of the band's best-known song, \"When New York Was Irish.\" Since 2020, he has served as editor of a feature on the Best American Poetry blog called \"Pick of the Week.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.82 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760903979296,"sku":"9780822967057","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/601193e66c8dcc1f6329c2fcf7def234.webp?v=1780193771","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/that-ship-has-sailed-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}