{"product_id":"the-river-twice-poems-paperback","title":"The River Twice: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen Graber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn impressive new collection from a poet whose previous book was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking its title from Heraclitus's most famous fragment, \u003ci\u003eThe River Twice\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegiac meditation on impermanence and change. The world presented in these poems is a fluid one in which so much--including space and time, the subterranean realm of dreams, and language itself--seems protean, as the speaker's previously familiar understanding of the self and the larger systems around it gives way. Kathleen Graber's poems wander widely, from the epistolary to the essayistic, shuffling the remarkable and unremarkable flotsam of contemporary life. One thought, one memory, one bit of news flows into the next. Yet, in a century devoted to exponentially increasing speed, \u003ci\u003eThe River Twice\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds at the slow pace of a river bend. While the warm light of ideas and things flashes upon the surface, that which endures remains elusive--something glimpsed only for an instant before it is gone.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen Graber\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Eternal City\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eCorrespondence\u003c\/i\u003e. She is associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and lives in Powhatan, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756992037152,"sku":"9780691193212","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/705c3d12b7c1a668cd99f2be06d429e9.webp?v=1780091062","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-river-twice-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}