{"product_id":"beasts-of-eden-michael-beadle-9781941209806","title":"Beasts of Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLifting each rock, \/ we felt its weight in our palms, \/ closed our eyes \/ until a name arose\u003c\/em\u003e.... Even as a child, as the first poem in \u003cem\u003eBeasts of Eden\u003c\/em\u003e reveals, Michael Beadle took upon himself the joyous burden of naming even the all-too-often unnamable things of this world.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eIn this new collection, Beadle lures us into a realm of fact and fantasy, of history and myth, where we are all--at once--both \u003cem\u003enative and stranger, neighbor and trespasser.\u003c\/em\u003e With senses so alert to the sounds, the tastes, the textures, the sights, and smells of this world, nothing escapes the fresh wit and seasoned wisdom of this big-hearted poet.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eHere is a poet who wields a magician's pen that is both worldly and colloquial, as at home in the past as it is in the present. Give yourself--and everyone you love--the gift of this beautiful new collection.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e--Cathy Smith Bowers, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Cathy Smith Bowers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Beadle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941209807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941209806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Press 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Michael Beadle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983903359231,"sku":"9781941209806","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd1f52fa-e1b9-4f70-a913-6fc5908925bd.jpg?v=1683269383","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beasts-of-eden-michael-beadle-9781941209806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}