{"product_id":"navigation-linda-neal-reising-9781639806904","title":"Navigation","description":"Linda Neal Reising's collection \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNavigation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is both a lyric, melodic experience and an examination of histories, both intimate and vast. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNavigation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, with its carefully crafted poems of sonic resonance, is a sort of sacred harp singing in book form. It is a book about the history of America-indigenous and working-class, geologic and pop cultural-but it also pulls the reader close through deft and engaging storytelling. The arrangement of these poems carries the reader along-like a beautifully realized song-culminating in moments of incredible human tenderness.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Woodford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere You Come From Is Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have read much poetry. I know many poets. I believe the job of good poetry and good poets is to move their readers, and oh Lord, has Linda Neal Reising's new book, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNavigation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e moved me. What can I possibly say to prepare a reader for what lies ahead as they navigate through the four parts that make up this book? The opening poem of Part I, \"After Learning That a Woman and Her Baby Were Killed in the Bombing of a Ukrainian Maternity Hospital\" seizes you in its grasp and propels you page after page. The Americana, the well-chosen epigraphs, the Native understanding of the land and the trials of poor families during hard times are masterful. This is a book not to be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Is a Disappearing Act\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf one were sailing the sea of life \"in a little paper boat,\" the waypoints leading to some proverbial safe harbor would be easily recognized along the course so capably charted in Reising's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNavigation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e With her distinctive imagination...the cardinal\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"slipped off her wings, and chose to walk all the way back to heaven,\" and her exceptional percipience of real life experiences, Reising reveals the mastery of her poetic skills. And in spite of life's obstacles, Reising suggests a safe harbor is within sight...a place where \"sparrows sky-write lovelorn letters, where cedars keep sentry...\" where \"the apricot tree grows tiny moons.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Knauss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, poet, Oklahoma Book Award winner for \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSAND, At the Mercy of Wind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Neal Reising\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639806903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639806904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Linda Neal Reising","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48436891418879,"sku":"9781639806904","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e8b4059-0b21-4b91-83bb-550845585e95.jpg?v=1777158472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/navigation-linda-neal-reising-9781639806904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}