{"product_id":"after-following-9781965320198","title":"After Following","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter Following\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of poems inspired by what the author Burt Bradley describes as \u003cem\u003epoet whisperers.\u003c\/em\u003e From Rumi to Kerouac, Ecclesiastes to Philip Levine, Emily Dickinson to Mary Oliver, these writers and numerous others serve as guides in shaping the poet's ways of seeing and reflecting upon wildness in the world. To speak of wildness, following Gary Snyder, is to speak of wholeness, in which hierarchies of value evaporate as well as the separation between the sacred and profane. The poems in \u003cem\u003eAfter Following \u003c\/em\u003epay homage to a host of literary mentors, at times directly as in \"A Belated Letter to James Wright\" and \"Postcard to William Stafford.\" Other poems are more allusive, like \"Rain, A Wyoming Love Song\" (after T.S. Eliot) and \"A Long Way from Amherst\" (following Emily Dickinson). \u003cem\u003eAfter Following\u003c\/em\u003e describes the process a poet develops in his or her craft. Beginning with reading and learning from the masters, great and small, following in their footsteps, after which one finds his own path, while acknowledging the mentors who served as his guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Burt Bradley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayfarer Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781965320198","brand":"Wayfarer Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917466669193,"sku":"9781965320198","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7b93d80b-ac9e-4823-9ec2-5e558e55aca4.jpg?v=1724138259","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/after-following-9781965320198","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}