{"product_id":"flatline-horizon-9781732393523","title":"Flatline Horizon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere, your passport is stamped in blood\u003c\/em\u003e. In \u003cem\u003eFlatline Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e, Don Stinson's autobiographical meditations on death in various forms--aging, homogenous thought, homeplace, intolerance and despair--implicate and immerse the reader in the deep sigh of paradox and often painful ironies of Middle America, prairie dust and memory. The confluence of the personal and political, informed by the history and events of speaker and journey, offer taut musicality that surprises more than measures. The manner in which these poems see sing deftly subtle tones of quiet depth, secure insecurity, muted hope, and tenuous love. These are words of a rooted journeyman with wise, wide eyes. --Quraysh Ali Lansana. Author of \u003cem\u003eThe Walmart Republic\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eRevise the Psalm: Works Celebrating the Writings of Gwendolyn Brooks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere's such gorgeous scope in these poems. People and place, history and heroics, sorrow and love and the poet's compassionate sensibility. I emerged from them feeling as if I know the poet, myself, his place, my place, all the more richly. Dip in anywhere, you'll be rewarded with his power in language, rhythm, insight. Read Don Stinson's Flatline Horizon front to back, as I did, and you'll come away illuminated, wounded, and glad. --Rilla Askew. Author of \u003cem\u003eKind of Kin\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eMost American: Notes from a Wounded Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Stinson's \u003cem\u003eFlatline Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful book that confronts such difficult issues as love, death, loss, and prayer--all with such strange and wonderful imagery and precision of language. There is nothing flat here: beyond the horizon we see Stinson's gift emerge into a powerful reckoning. I loved it. --Brandon Hobson. Author of \u003cem\u003eWhere the Dead Sit Talking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese beautifully incantatory lyrics explore life's emotional horizons: gladness and suffering, waking and dreaming, hope and despair, and above all, love and loss. In this insightful collection, Stinson shows himself to be a master of poetic forms and a keen observer of the human heart. --Paul Bowers. Author of \u003cem\u003eOccasional Hymns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Stinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mongrel Empire Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732393523","brand":"Mongrel Empire Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46836646281353,"sku":"9781732393523","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_5d291c70-f52c-4bf1-aff7-6ed136755b96.jpg?v=1780441483","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/flatline-horizon-9781732393523","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}