{"product_id":"blackbird-and-wolf-henri-cole-9780374531126","title":"Blackbird and Wolf: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't want words to sever me from reality.\u003cbr\u003eI don't want to need them. I want nothing\u003cbr\u003eto reveal feeling but feeling--as in freedom, \u003cbr\u003eor the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond, \u003cbr\u003eor the sound of water poured in a bowl. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--from Gravity and Center \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his sixth collection of verse, Henri Cole deepens his excavations and examinations of autobiography and memory. These poems--often hovering within the realm of the sonnet--combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Central here is the human need for love, the highest function of our species. Whether writing about solitude or unsanctioned desire, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother's body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract, and he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henri Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374531129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374531126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.50w x 0.28d","brand":"Henri Cole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990163554559,"sku":"9780374531126","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2d7d5b3-50ce-4db6-841b-6213c6710e68.jpg?v=1683303352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blackbird-and-wolf-henri-cole-9780374531126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}