{"product_id":"answer-to-blue-russell-thornton-9781550179675","title":"Answer to Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA masterful new collection by award-winning poet Russell Thornton.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \"Greek Fire,\" one of the poems in Russell Thornton's astonishing new collection, the central image is of fire burning through water: \"water is a bridge \/ for a fire to come into the world.\" This image also illuminates the driving force that animates the poems in \u003ci\u003eAnswer to Blue\u003c\/i\u003e. The stillness and quiet depth characteristic of Thornton's poetry are here shot through with an irresistible vitality, a flame of mythic resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe past, both ancient and recent, exerts a gravitational pull throughout the collection, with Greek myths, family histories and biblical passages unearthed and examined, forgotten and returned to, giving way in a cyclical rhythm to the transient presence of young children and the death of a parent. With a clarity that pierces through the mist of daily routine, Thornton gives attention to transitional states, pausing at the often rushed-through moments of change, and also examines the phenomenon of perception itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis collection's response to D.H. Lawrence's question--\"Oh what in you can answer to this blueness?\"--is both an answer and a challenge, an achievement of beauty that contains the seed of something more enduring and sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Thornton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550179675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550179675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harbour Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Russell Thornton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043758764287,"sku":"9781550179675","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0713b877-0bc9-45b9-aa25-d0cf4bd7eff4.jpg?v=1684968976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/answer-to-blue-russell-thornton-9781550179675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}