{"product_id":"natural-selections-joseph-campana-9781609380816","title":"Natural Selections","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether wandering the paths of the imagination, driving through sparsely populated countryside, or listening for the voices of animals, Joseph Campana's poemsattend to the ways we are indelibly marked by habitat. Shot full of accidental attachments and reluctant transience, \u003ci\u003eNatural Selections\u003c\/i\u003eproduces from vibrant contradiction potent song. In poems both lyric and expansive, \u003ci\u003eNatural Selections \u003c\/i\u003efinds in the simplicity and strangeness of middle America a complex metaphysics of place and an uncanny perspective reminiscent of the landscapes of Grant Wood. Birds and beasts, frequent storms, country roads, a fraught election, and some of Ohio's literary guardian angels (James Wright, Hart Crane, and Sherwood Anderson) haunt the poems. Whether enigmatically refracted or brutally direct, these poems attend to the way life is beautifully, violently, and unexpectedly marked by place. With a boldness of vision that might overwhelm a lesser talent, Joseph Campana gives us a collection guided by a focused intelligence and yet containing wonderment and awe at its heart. By turns ferocious and charming, contemporary and mythic, grief-stricken and funny, the poet's voice is always original, direct, and pitch-perfect. The poems in this book are a wonder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Campana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609380819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609380816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award - Finalist","brand":"Joseph Campana","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065748697343,"sku":"9781609380816","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01e95c41-9748-40b2-8db6-ab42300ce943.jpg?v=1768677011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/natural-selections-joseph-campana-9781609380816","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}