{"product_id":"book-of-hours-book-of-e-l-risden-9781681144573","title":"Book of Hours, Book of Days and Nights: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume assembles poems produced over the last thirty-five years by writer\/scholar E. L. Risden. Samples re-surface from earlier books and chapbooks: \u003cem\u003eOn Shakespeare, In Sonnets\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge Scholars Press), \u003cem\u003eA Second City Street Prophet Sings the\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBlues\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThrough a Glass Darkly \u003c\/em\u003e(Mellen Poetry Press), \u003cem\u003eThe Streets of Harmon Falls\u003c\/em\u003e (The Troy Book Makers), \u003cem\u003eLight on Stone\u003c\/em\u003e (Cassandra Press), \u003cem\u003eAmong Dusty Shelves\u003c\/em\u003e (East Coast Editions), and \u003cem\u003eSongs of the City\u003c\/em\u003e (Demosthenes Press). Several new poems, both in sequences and alone, appear here for the first time, including the \"Book of Hours,\" the \"Book of Days and Nights,\" and the \"Women of Middle-earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoems concentrate language and thought. While each poem aims to express its own integrity as an art object, collections offer a representative sample of how, over time, a writer thinks about and practices the craft of manipulating language for meaning and lyricality. These \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e conjoin the discrete, vibrant, holistic experience of individual poems with the variegation permitted by compilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. L. Risden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681144573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681144573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anaphora Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"E. L. Risden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48436933460223,"sku":"9781681144573","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_010d70f6-7a10-4364-88dd-806d2156af0a.jpg?v=1777158755","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/book-of-hours-book-of-e-l-risden-9781681144573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}