{"product_id":"midwest-hymns-dale-cottingham-9781639802340","title":"Midwest Hymns","description":"Attuned to \"temporary states of grace,\" in beauties of the prairie and wide horizon so often dismissed as \"flyover country,\" and to a sense of community perhaps engendered by the landscape, \"If I stood naked under my clothes, \/ I wasn't alone,\" these hauntingly lovely poems offer solace, as their characters accept inevitable losses, graced by their appreciation and a generosity which invites readers to sit, where \"Each now is a new now, \/ teeming as every bladed leaf, \/ flower and seed.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-April Ossmann, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvent Boundaries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwest Hymns, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Dale Cottingham more than meets his \"self-imposed task to examine that ground, \/ view sun flecks on rock, imagine \/ dust raising an aura in mid-afternoon.\" His precise attention to the scent, sound, and mood of winds, for instance, both literal and emotional, evoke a nuanced Midwest vividly in this moving paean. With quiet, compelling accuracy, he conflates the land, the people, and himself. He knows \"the rich aroma \/ of native soil with its \/ hint of tartness\" and renders it deftly, in \"a clear, level light.\" Like Edward Hopper, Cottingham renders a cast of individuals, in their profound isolation, with understated love. There is quiet confidence here that rewards the reader and a restrained language of longing that honors the complexities of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl as Birch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dale Cottingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639802347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639802340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Dale Cottingham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119504421119,"sku":"9781639802340","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2555e87-2d95-45d4-a1d5-735ae43295d5.jpg?v=1687409693","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/midwest-hymns-dale-cottingham-9781639802340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}