{"product_id":"in-the-ghost-house-acquainted-kevin-goodan-9781882295470","title":"In the Ghost-House Acquainted","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese soulful lyrics use allusive imagery and ecumenical diction to consider the pastoral as a life to inhabit, not an artifact or idealized place to visit. Here, the specter of loss makes a world more precious--notions of home and love must be ever-evolving as colts are stillborn and pigeons slaughtered, apple blossoms frozen in spring and dead lambs burned in diesel fire. But, these poems insist, there is beauty in the soil and beauty in birth--and death in birth, and beauty in death, as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd Upon the Earth No Wind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePigeons erupting from a barn.\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-three ewes\u003cbr\u003estand at once, ice-chunks\u003cbr\u003eclinking in their wool.\u003cbr\u003eI call, soft, call loud\u003cbr\u003ebut the mare treads the snow blue.\u003cbr\u003eAm I born to constant\u003cbr\u003ehazard? Wood becomes\u003cbr\u003emore than wood simply\u003cbr\u003eby its burning. Steam\u003cbr\u003erises up from the land--\u003cbr\u003eI call but do not move.\u003cbr\u003eThe moon rising shines even\u003cbr\u003eupon all things and I can't tell\u003cbr\u003ewhich is mare\u003cbr\u003eand what's weather.\u003cbr\u003eSilence in eaves ever after.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is rare to see a poet work so hard in the physical world--serious farm labor--and still catch a fleeting glimpse of the spirit. Kevin Goodan does this convincingly because his language is so precise and his mind knows when to jump and when to stand still. This is a remarkable book.\"--James Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Goodan\u003c\/b\u003e received his BA from the University of Montana and his MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His poems have been -published in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e and other journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Goodan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1882295471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781882295470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.64w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2004 pg. 85","brand":"Kevin Goodan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372453515519,"sku":"9781882295470","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32de4c26-673a-4aac-9061-2b7dd9401cce.jpg?v=1732725988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-ghost-house-acquainted-kevin-goodan-9781882295470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}