{"product_id":"jaguar-of-sweet-laughter-diane-ackerman-9780679743040","title":"Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems","description":"In \u003ci\u003eA Natural History of the Senses\u003c\/i\u003e Diane Ackerman revealed herself as a naturalist who writes with the sensuous immediately of a great poet. Now \u003ci\u003eJaguar of Sweet Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e presents the work of a poet with the precise and wondering eye of a gifted naturalist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAckermans's Olympian vision records and transforms landscapes from Amazonia to Antarctica, while her imaginative empathy penetrates the otherness of hummingbirds, deer, and trilobites. But even as they draw readers into the wild heart of nature, Ackerman's poems are indelible reminders of what it is to be a human being--the \"jaguar of sweet laughter\" that, according to Mayan mythology, astonished the world because it was the first animal to speak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane Ackerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679743049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679743040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.24w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/26\/1993","brand":"Diane Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138770301183,"sku":"9780679743040","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bdfc7c8d-5731-4dd8-b1d6-2657bf7d9f11.jpg?v=1687901387","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jaguar-of-sweet-laughter-diane-ackerman-9780679743040","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}