{"product_id":"barren-road-j-r-solonche-9781947175785","title":"Barren Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Solonche is the author of more than forty collections of poetry. Barren Road is his latest release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for J.R. Solonche \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Solonche is productive and prolific, but that doesn't water down his poetry... He can compress a philosophical treatise into three lines... His epigrammatic tidy poems are philosophic gems. Solonche sees humor and encapsulates it; he frames a thought in perfect verse... He's playful and profound - the more he writes, the more he seems to know. Beneath the Solonche simplicity are significant social comments, and his goodwill reinforces the best in us.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Grace Cavalieri, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Solonche, an accomplished poet, employs various forms in this compilation, including haiku, prose poem, and free verse. The poems often imaginatively enter into the natural or material world via anthropomorphic similes... Many works have an aphoristic quality that recall Zen koans, and they can be playfully amusing or even silly... A strong set of sympathetic but never sentimental observations.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Kirkus Reviews \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The tone is established from the outset: wry, wise, sardonic and playful, drawing the reader irresistibly in. Solonche is revealed as a philosopher in the mold of Wittgenstein: aphoristic, charismatic, acerbic and oddly mystical. If you met this book in a bar, you would definitely want to take it home with you and every day thereafter congratulate yourself on how lucky you've been. But that is true of all his books.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-David Mark Williams \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. R. Solonche\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947175785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947175785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Serving House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.26d","brand":"J. R. Solonche","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579894382847,"sku":"9781947175785","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef800617-2b70-482c-b730-4af8ebc477c7.jpg?v=1763877397","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/barren-road-j-r-solonche-9781947175785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}