{"product_id":"mornings-like-this-annie-dillard-9780060927257","title":"Mornings Like This: Found Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Found poems are to their poet what no-fault insurance is to beneficiaries: payoffs waiting to happen where everyone wins and no one is blamed. Dillard culls about 40 such happy accidents from sources as diverse as a The American Boys Handy Book (1882) and the letters of Van Gogh. . . . the poet aims for a lucky, loaded symbolism that catapults the reader into an epiphany never imagined by the original authors.\" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMornings Like This, \u003c\/em\u003e beloved author Annie Dillard has given us a witty and moving collection of poems in a wholly original form, sure to charm her fans, both old and new.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtracting and rearranging sentences from old and odd books--From D.C. Beard's \"The American Boys Handy Book\" in 1882 to Van Gogh's letters to David Greyson's \"The Countryman's Year\" in 1936--Dillard has composed poems on poetry's most heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. A unique, clever, and original collection, Dillard's characteristic voice sounds throughout the pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annie Dillard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060927259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060927257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.50w x 0.27d","brand":"Annie Dillard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992822907135,"sku":"9780060927257","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a058910e-7906-4dab-8f76-8dd26494c8d1.jpg?v=1683321002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mornings-like-this-annie-dillard-9780060927257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}