{"product_id":"the-end-of-michelangelo-paperback","title":"The End of Michelangelo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Gerber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReading the poetry of Dan Gerber, we are summoned to this larger truth: Though we live in fraught times, on the tipping point of human self-destruction, we and our planet are still very much alive.In one of his last sonnets, nearly five hundred years ago, Michelangelo Buonarroti confronted the paradox of our earthly existence: \"Why beauty mixed with terror, feeds so strangely my desire.\" Reading \u003ci\u003eThe End of Michelangelo, \u003c\/i\u003e we are similarly reminded that the very fact of being alive--experiencing our fleeting, fragile existence--is our only source of joy, our only avenue of consolation. These are poems that wake us up, revivify our desire to go on living despite our times, to counter our times; if poetry has a purpose, it may be exactly this. As T.H. White suggests, we can't save our world if we don't first savor it.\"Dan Gerber tenderly reels his readers through the 'beautiful movie' he calls the passing of time on Earth, in a language completely unadorned and Zen-like in its quietude. The thing itself carries the weight off these poems that recall the deep imagery of Vallejo, Neruda, and Wright.\" --\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Gerber's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Trying to Catch the Horses\u003c\/i\u003e (MSU Press) received\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's Book of the Year Award in Poetry, and \u003ci\u003eA Primer on Parallel\u003cbr\u003eLives\u003c\/i\u003e (Copper Canyon) won the Michigan Notable Book Award. His work has appeared in many journals and\u003cbr\u003eanthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Poetry, The Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sun.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Along with poetry collections, Gerber has\u003cbr\u003epublished three novels, a collection of short stories, and two books of\u003cbr\u003enonfiction. He and his wife Debbie live with their menagerie, domestic and\u003cbr\u003ewild, in the mountains of California's Central Coast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766279536928,"sku":"9781556596599","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ae8f20f76970267dd45716e349f1a4ca.webp?v=1780289115","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-end-of-michelangelo-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}