{"product_id":"lost-letters-and-windfalls-rustin-larson-9781421836720","title":"Lost Letters and Windfalls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Among cornfields, junkyards, and a Dairy Queen, the eclectic cast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Rustin Larson's Lost Letters and Windfalls marches across a rural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estage: an old woman small 'like a burlap bag\/ full of nylons, ' family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emembers, angels, finches, the wind, the muse, and a young girl in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDegas painting. The poet asserts: 'The light falls upon all things. I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave\/ my memory of you--quiet as a\/ picture frame among all these\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebroken houses.' In poem after poem, Larson captures images firmly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecast in time yet eternal--even slightly holy: 'But here's what we are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeach man, each woman, \/ each neuter object, a church.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'Listen, ' Larson urges, 'the world\/ begins in a moment.' The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoments described in these poems are painterly and vivid. The poet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrusts only his 'sense of touch.' They conjure a world of isolated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estillness where characters can 'choose to stand outside of ourselves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eif we wish, the snow falling.' But also a world of connection where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'planets are fishing\/ for us, wanting\/ us' and ' t]he moon is the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efriend of the earth \/ and the earth of the sun.' This is a book of small\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etendernesses and lightning bolts that will stay with you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRustin Larson's poetry has appeared in The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Yorker, The Iowa Review, and North\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Review. He won 1st Editor's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrize from Rhino and was a prize winner in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe National Poet Hunt and The Chester\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. Jones Foundation contests. A graduate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Vermont College MFA in Writing, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarson was an Iowa Poet at The Des Moines National Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFestival, and a featured poet at the Poetry at Round Top Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a poetry professor at Maharishi University, a writing instructor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat Kirkwood Community College, and has also been a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriting instructor at Indian Hills Community College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis honors and awards also include Pushcart Prize Nominee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(seven times, 1988-2010); featured writer, DMACC Celebration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Literary Arts, 2007, 2008; and finalist, New England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReview Narrative Poetry Competition, 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rustin Larson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421836726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421836720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Light Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Rustin Larson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943431504127,"sku":"9781421836720","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8bd861d9-4bd4-4474-ba4b-b46b849ee546.jpg?v=1681498083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lost-letters-and-windfalls-rustin-larson-9781421836720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}