{"product_id":"minute-men-and-women-ann-waters-green-9781639800582","title":"Minute Men and Women","description":"First there was Edgar Lee Masters and his \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThen there was Edwin Arlington Robinson and his \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTilbury Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Now comes Anne Waters Green with her \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinute Men and Women.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eGreen's love of both genealogy and poetry shines through in this stunning collection of poems written in one of the most demanding forms in the English language. After having spent four years of my own life writing in this form, I can truly appreciate Green's amazingly brilliant wielding of this poetic structure. But even more impressive is her respect and honor and reverence--at times even a gentle irreverence--for the men and women whose lives are illuminated in the four centuries explored within these pages. This is one of the most compelling, entertaining, and aesthetically impressive collections I have read in a long, long time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCathy Smith Bowers, Former North Carolina Poet Laureate and author of many collections, including \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Book of Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sit and tarry, \/ Spill your story\" writes Anne Waters Green as she invokes a distant relation to share his tale of family abandonment and reappearance. In these poems her rich ancestry shares confessions, boast, and anger at the accidents and challenges of life, but what shines through is their resilience, determination, and courage to continue. Green offers these quick portraits in a delightful blend of character admissions and poet's speculation in poems of stark honesty and frequent admiration.\u003cbr\u003e \"Fate did not warn \/ How closely joy and grief can cleave\" a sudden widow laments in one of several poems about marriage, remarriage, large families, and loss. The poet's mother \"learned so well \/ that her own views \/ had value too,\" a lesson not lost on the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Kenneth Chamlee, Professor Emeritus, Brevard College, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsolute Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLogic of the Lost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiving voice to names found in archives and on census rolls, Anne Waters Green has resurrected ghosts, explored human frailty, and captured moments frozen in time, including her own breech birth \"to gulp sweet air.\" Meticulously researched and beautifully crafted, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinute Men and Women\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewill delight readers, especially those interested in history and family dynamics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaren Luke Jackson, Ed.D., author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGRIT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe View Ever Changing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Waters Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639800581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639800582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d","brand":"Ann Waters Green","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439907385599,"sku":"9781639800582","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13a504ba-b629-4908-9902-b198c5a2c55c.jpg?v=1777179714","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/minute-men-and-women-ann-waters-green-9781639800582","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}