{"product_id":"rooms-and-fields-peterson-9780873388160","title":"Rooms and Fields: Dramatic Monologues from the War in Bosnia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2003 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"These poems are full of surprises: the gods talk; ancient authors talk; the dictionary talks; very memorably, the bridge over the Drina River, roughly between Bosnia and Serbia, speaks two haunting poems. The dead talk, wolves talk, a teacher talks, with a chorus. Sometimes I like to imagine this long poem being staged. What the music would be! Who would do the sets! What languages . . .\u003cbr\u003eLee Peterson's \u003cem\u003eRooms and Fields: Dramatic Monologues from the War in Bosnia\u003c\/em\u003e doesn't have a single wasted breath; its sense of necessity never lets up; I always feel that the people and animals and landscapes being written about are being honored. The work is compassionate and single-mindedly alive to its high purpose. What a rare thing it is to find the meeting of historical, political, and poetic wisdom.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eJean Valentine, Judge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRooms and Fields\u003c\/em\u003e is history not simply documented and explored but also deeply felt. A poetic inquiry, its concerns are uniquely and fundamentally intimate. Compassion drives this collection of spare and gracious poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087338816X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873388160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.20d","brand":"Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148197667071,"sku":"9780873388160","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rooms-and-fields-peterson-9780873388160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}