{"product_id":"only-bread-only-light-stephen-kuusisto-9781556591501","title":"Only Bread, Only Light","description":"With this, his first collection of poetry, Stephen Kuusisto (author of the memoir \u003ci\u003ePlanet of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e) explores blindness and curiosity, loneliness and the found instruments of continuation. Exploiting the seeming contradiction of poetry's reliance upon visual imagery with Kuusisto's own sightlessness, these poems cultivate a world of listening: to the natural world, to the voices of family and strangers, to music and the words of great writers and thinkers.\u003cbr\u003eKuusisto has written elsewhere, \"I see like a person who looks through a kaleidoscope; my impressions of the world at once beautiful and largely useless.\" So it is no surprise that in his poems mortal vision is uncertain, supported only by the ardor of imagination and the grace of lyric surprise. Sensually rich and detailed, Kuusisto's poems are humorous, complex, and intellectually engaged. This collection reveals a major new poetic talent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Only Bread, Only Light\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt times the blind see light, \u003cbr\u003eAnd that moment is the Sistine ceiling, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrace among buildings--no one asks\u003cbr\u003eFor it, no one asks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter all, this is solitude, \u003cbr\u003eDaylight's finger, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlake's angel\u003cbr\u003eParting willow leaves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI should know better.\u003cbr\u003eGet with the business \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf walking the lovely, satisfied, \u003cbr\u003eIndifferent weather-- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBread baking\u003cbr\u003eOn Arthur Avenue \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis first warm day of June.\u003cbr\u003eI stand on the corner \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor priceless seconds.\u003cbr\u003eNow everything to me falls shadow \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Kuusisto's\u003c\/b\u003e 1998 memoir \u003ci\u003ePlanet of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e received tremendous international attention, including appearances on \u003ci\u003eOprah, Dateline\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTalk of the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e named it a \"Notable Book of the Year\" and praised it as \"a book that makes the reader understand the terrifying experience of blindness, a book that stands on its own as the lyrical memoir of a poet.\" A spokesperson for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Kuusisto teaches at Ohio State University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Kuusisto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556591500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556591501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.49w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Society of Midland Authors Award - Honorable Mention\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/25\/2000 pg. 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2000 pg. 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2000 pg. 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/22\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/20\/2000","brand":"Stephen Kuusisto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372843979007,"sku":"9781556591501","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f653882c-a470-44a5-81fa-159af76590ad.jpg?v=1732727126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/only-bread-only-light-stephen-kuusisto-9781556591501","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}