{"product_id":"doggerel-carmela-ciuraru-9781400040377","title":"Doggerel: Poems about Dogs","description":"From Chaucer to Billy Collins and from basset hounds to brindle bull terriers, \u003ci\u003eDoggerel\u003c\/i\u003e presents a robust brood of the most charming verse tributes ever offered to our beloved canine companions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rich and assorted cadences of some of the most distinguished poets across the centuries ring out from these pages-from Spenser, Shakespeare, and Pope to Merrill, Merwin, and Muldoon-celebrating pooches of every pedigree and persuasion. Here is Margaret Cavendish's barking chorus of beagles on the hunt; Elizabeth Bishop's \"Pink Dog\" alongside Robyn Selman's \"My Dog is Named for Elizabeth Bishop\"; Charles Baxter's villanelle \"Dog Kibble,\" whose dog-narrator decides that \"Life isn't meaningless because there's food\"; and the desultory charms of Jane Kenyon's unleashed dog, nuzzling about on a drizzly afternoon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom lazy dogs curled up by the fireplace to audacious hounds howling at the moon, from mutts to purebreds, puppies to old dogs, \u003ci\u003eDoggerel\u003c\/i\u003e is an irresistible gathering of fast and faithful friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carmela Ciuraru\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 140004037X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400040377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.54h x 4.64w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 473","brand":"Carmela Ciuraru","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995675197695,"sku":"9781400040377","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5264c3e6-13ac-45d9-92c9-2bf801ceb811.jpg?v=1683337175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doggerel-carmela-ciuraru-9781400040377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}