{"product_id":"cracks-in-the-invisible-stephen-kampa-9780821419526","title":"Cracks in the Invisible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Kampa\u003c\/b\u003e's poems are witty and restless in their pursuit of an intelligent modern faith. They range from a four-line satire of office inspirational posters to a lengthy meditation on the silence of God. The poems also revel in the prosodic possibilities of English'shigh and low registers: a twenty-one line homageto Lord Byron that turns on three rhymes (one of which is \"eisegesis\"); a sestina whose end words include \"sentimental,\" \"Marseilles,\" and \"Martian;\" sapphics on the death of Ray Charles; and intricately modulated stanzas on the 1931 Spanish-language movie version of \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the metaphysical seriousness, there is alwaysan undercurrent of stylistic levity -- a panoply of puns, comic rhymes, and loving misquotations of canonical literature -- that suggests comedy and tragedy are inextricably bound in human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Kampa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821419528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821419526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Florida Book Award - Gold Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Florida Book Award - Gold Medal Winner","brand":"Stephen Kampa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947345838335,"sku":"9780821419526","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0546a82f-88bd-4d37-9442-83f6ab9382a9.jpg?v=1681518175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cracks-in-the-invisible-stephen-kampa-9780821419526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}