{"product_id":"the-blind-stitch-poems-paperback","title":"The Blind Stitch: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Delanty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Stitch\u003c\/i\u003e interweave family, marriage, love, and friendship into a larger world of public life. Set in Greg Delanty's native Ireland, in America, and in India, the book is sewn together with two main conceits and arranged thematically in the form of a palindrome. One of the conceits is that of the leper, which concerns personal and public suffering and complicity; the other is that of needlework, the threads that run through our public and private lives, seen and unseen, stitching us all together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of Cork, Ireland, Greg Delanty now lives in Vermont, where he teaches at St. Michael's College. He is a beneficiary of the Royal Literary Fund and a recipient of the Patrick Kavanagh Award and the Austin Clarke Centenary Poetry Award, among other honors. He is the author of four previous volumes of poetry: \u003ci\u003eThe Hellbox, American Wake, Southward, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCast in Fire.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 47\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 7.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765577285920,"sku":"9780807128213","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/618a6523d3c80be5384a5244d946f526.webp?v=1780274097","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-blind-stitch-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}