{"product_id":"life-in-the-past-lane-peter-carlaftes-9781953103406","title":"Life in the Past Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his impressive third volume, Peter Carlaftes digs into the beauty-and lunacy--of contemporary culture and its tendency to masque and disrupt the sustainability not just of the planet, but human nature itself. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cb\u003eLife in the Past Lane\u003c\/b\u003e are both daring and discreet, ranging from full frontal assaults on political and religious cults to tender, discerning, intimate studies of the challenges of self-faith, relationships and maintaining quiet equilibrium in the noisy space of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRisk-taking and endlessly innovative, Carlaftes offers poems that dare to ask questions to which there is no answer, and to answer the unasked. It looks at the past clear-eyed, without reverence, and studies the place in the road where we are now, weaving cultural and personal memory with the currency that too-often ignores how we arrived. This extraordinary collection, relentlessly accessible, surprises with the depth of poems and the clarity of the thoughts, concepts, and execution that forged them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Carlaftes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953103405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953103406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Rooms Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.50d","brand":"Peter Carlaftes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44321628520703,"sku":"9781953103406","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8d1c133-8f21-46f4-bfc0-591a254842a4.jpg?v=1696331871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-in-the-past-lane-peter-carlaftes-9781953103406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}