{"product_id":"blue-colonial-david-roderick-9780977639519","title":"Blue Colonial","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Roderick's poems are exquisitely made with language that is rich and precise. . . . He convinces us that we are all pilgrims committing our acts of courage as well as our little crimes. This book is immensely rewarding.\"--James Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlue Colonial, \u003c\/i\u003e David Roderick memorializes his hometown by excavating and re-imagining its individual and collective histories. Set in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where English colonists first settled in 1620, \u003ci\u003eBlue Colonial\u003c\/i\u003e uses dramatic and narrative effects to explore the burdens of historical inheritance: vanished Native American tribes, the seeds of American culture, and our physical and psychological encroachment upon the natural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether he is writing about historical legacy or his own backyard, Roderick has arrived at a voice of distinct solitariness and precise observation. With passion and sly wit, he has composed a strangely luminous book, a poetry collection that resonates with gravity, fine music, and a deep regard for the task of being human in the world. With an introduction by Robert Pinsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Roderick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0977639517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780977639519\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 09\/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 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.26d","brand":"David Roderick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947527766271,"sku":"9780977639519","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_da8709a1-b184-4dc3-ad4c-1a2249601abb.jpg?v=1681519234","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-colonial-david-roderick-9780977639519","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}