{"product_id":"quieter-histories-poems-susan-blanshard-9781916228856","title":"Quieter Histories. Poems: Winter to Winter","description":"\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION OF QUIETER HISTORIES \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this selection of new poems, Susan Blanshard intended this collection to consist of a continuous period of writing, between two winters. By happenstance and default, major events disrupted the seasons, paradoxically, and found poignant shelter in Blanshard's poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCertain inhospitable exterior moments the poet has chosen, become deeply human in context: melting ice floes, personal loss, displacement, the continuing five year drought, destructive floods, catastrophic bush fires, and the first, and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy chance or choice, she catches and listens to it. \u003cem\u003eQuieter Histories\u003c\/em\u003e is the inward grace. Here, acknowledgement of the human spirit is evident, not separable, from her writing. Histories find shelter in the shift between techniques. Susan brings a variety of past worlds to life by reversing and elaborating traditional stanzas and bringing soothsaying echoes of historic form to light. As with previous works, epic book-length prose of '\u003cem\u003eSheetstone', 'Honey In The Blood, ' \u003c\/em\u003eand the poetry of \u003cem\u003eFragments of The Human Heart, \u003c\/em\u003eBlanshard\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003econnects epochs of time with subtlety, elegance, imagination, emotional attitude, and notable sensuality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuieter Histories is a continuum of the dialogue with past and present histories, what is inherited, possessed and dispossessed; what is remembered and what is known. A passionate conversation that exists at the center of her poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Blanshard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1916228852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916228856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Page-Addie Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.38d","brand":"Susan Blanshard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579879604479,"sku":"9781916228856","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f765d28-7793-4710-8889-4384eff37d8e.jpg?v=1763877291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quieter-histories-poems-susan-blanshard-9781916228856","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}