{"product_id":"apropos-of-nothing-richard-jones-9781556592379","title":"Apropos of Nothing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Jones can be stunning, effortlessly finding the right tone. This is instinctive poetry, combining bluntness with reserve.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Jones... demonstrates an ability both to transform into affirmation the tragedies of personal experience and to extract from them a more universal truth.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Jones is a poet of the heart.\"--\u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Jones is a poet of uncommon perceptual gifts and emotional depth. Long admired for his storytelling and candid, unadorned diction, Jones mines daily life to reveal our quietest moments and best selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Answer\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTonight, looking for the answer, \u003cbr\u003e I must have killed an hour\u003cbr\u003e flipping through philosophy and poetry books, \u003cbr\u003e every few minutes opening and reading a different title.\u003cbr\u003e I anxiously searched all the places I keep books--\u003cbr\u003e looking in the kitchen, the boys' rooms, \u003cbr\u003e checking the laundry room and workshop, \u003cbr\u003e before going outside finally to the curb\u003cbr\u003e to search through books tossed\u003cbr\u003e in the backseat of the car.\u003cbr\u003e Snow fell straight down in windless silence.\u003cbr\u003e The keys in my left hand jingled like very small bells.\u003cbr\u003e I stopped and tried to remember\u003cbr\u003e what I'd come into the night looking for.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poetry and founding editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry East\u003c\/i\u003e. Anthologized in Garrison Keillor's \u003ci\u003eGood Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and Billy Collins's \u003ci\u003ePoetry 180\u003c\/i\u003e, his poems have been featured on National Public Radio, BBC Radio, and \u003ci\u003eThe Writer's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155659237X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.48w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 52","brand":"Richard Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068596908287,"sku":"9781556592379","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53c4ade2-2df0-4da3-ac36-af972e6ada19.jpg?v=1685419926","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/apropos-of-nothing-richard-jones-9781556592379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}