{"product_id":"hawks-on-wires-dave-smith-9780807142318","title":"Hawks on Wires: Poems, 2005-2010","description":"\u003cp\u003eDave Smith's sixteenth poetry collection chronicles the arc of almost sixty years living in the American South. From dusty sawmills to the ubiquitous Waffle House, \u003ci\u003eHawks on Wires\u003c\/i\u003e stages both mortal and comic dramas that speak to the poet's autumnal acceptance of himself and the South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoems of growing up engaged with the people of the coast and woodlands--boatmen, hunters, crabbers, sawyers, and tough-mouthed waitresses--celebrate the once strong but now tenuous threads of community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraveling through the latter twentieth century, Smith presents matters of family, sex, and race during a turbulent and historic era in southern history. Assassinations, withdrawal of religious prohibitions, violent cultural convulsions, and even the diminished meaning of the word \"southern\" shake the poet's personal identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmith uses the language of an ordinary man seeking meaning as the memory of events, carried over a lifetime, now begs for explanation. Despite the inevitable displacements and disappointments of identity, which remain mysterious, Smith finds optimism in life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080714231X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807142318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.54h x 8.46w x 0.32d","brand":"Dave Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054868427007,"sku":"9780807142318","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5cb03185-16d0-4f8c-81c8-f90f8df49b4b.jpg?v=1685032451","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hawks-on-wires-dave-smith-9780807142318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}