{"product_id":"in-the-dark-ruth-stone-9781556592508","title":"In the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An aging poet's failing eyesight informs this collection . . . some of which recall the spirit of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Dark but not hopeless, they spring from Stone's lucid inner vision, which is straightforward, musical, and defiant.\"--\u003ci\u003eUtne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow available in paperback, \u003ci\u003eIn the Dark, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement, is Ruth Stone's follow-up to her National Book Award--winning \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Galaxy.\u003c\/i\u003e Personal issues of memory, aging, and loss are balanced against profound political and cultural change. Stone has been called a \"people's poet\" whose work is \"profoundly rewarding,\" and she writes a poetry of everyday life that recasts the mundane as indispensable. When asked whether poets improve with age, Stone, then eighty-nine, replied: \"There's no question.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"What is a Poem?\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHaving come this far\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith a handful of alphabet, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI am forced, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith these few blocks, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eto invent the universe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556592507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592508\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 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.39d","brand":"Ruth Stone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483362832639,"sku":"9781556592508","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3937ca6-dccb-4876-a78f-b08675e4272f.jpg?v=1778038389","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-dark-ruth-stone-9781556592508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}