{"product_id":"which-way-was-north-poems-paperback","title":"Which Way Was North: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Pierson Wiese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhich Way Was North\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Pierson Wiese juxtaposes poems from her years living in New York City with work written after her relocation to South Dakota. By exploring local, historical, and personal sources, she invites readers to see an unmapped territory of the mind informed by these distinct regions of the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuggesting that mundane physical places and daily routines can possess significance beyond the immediate, \u003ci\u003eWhich Way Was North\u003c\/i\u003e offers elements such as wild grapevines and country cemeteries, along with subway preachers and weeds emerging from sidewalk cracks, as vital starting points for reflection. Fundamentally, Wiese's poems show that our individual powers of observation remain the most life-affirming response to the existential questions posed by our surroundings, regardless of where we happen to call home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Pierson Wiese \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Minnesota, raised in New York City, where she lived for many years, and currently resides in South Dakota with her husband, writer Ben Miller. Her first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eFloating City, \u003c\/i\u003e received the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. Additional honors for her work include the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship and a Discovery\/\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e Poetry Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776650543392,"sku":"9780807179314","price":22.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/09049b1762e0d196325569d1e9eb5bd3.webp?v=1780482787","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/which-way-was-north-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}