{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-the-shadow-poems-9780374528799","title":"A Short History of the Shadow: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuminous new poems from one who \"has long been a poet of gorgeous description\" --William Logan, \u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscape, as Wang Wei says, softens the sharp edges of isolation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't just do something, sit there.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd so I have, so I have, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e the seasons curling around me like smoke, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGone to the end of the earth and back without a sound.\u003c\/i\u003e--from \"Body and Soul II\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is Charles Wright's first collection of verse since the gathering, in \u003ci\u003eNegative Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, of his \"Appalachian Book of the Dead,\" a trilogy of trilogies hailed \"among the great long poems of the century\" (James Longenbach, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eA Short History of the Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, Wright's return to the landscapes of his early work finds his art resilient in a world haunted by death and the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.52w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374528799","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133443727497,"sku":"9780374528799","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_764d9a16-919e-4383-94f9-f3f52b68d930.jpg?v=1767678888","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-the-shadow-poems-9780374528799","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}