{"product_id":"tantivy-donald-revell-9781882295975","title":"Tantivy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough close attention to nature's myriad syntheses and separations, Donald Revell's sage lyric meditations seek and find proof of the otherworldly. These poems are ripe with the ecstatic vision we come to expect from Revell's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Victorians\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is snow and there is snow.\u003cbr\u003eA young woman, daughter of the eminent physician, \u003cbr\u003eDisrobes at her window, and starvation, \u003cbr\u003eLike a pack of dogs with jeweled mouths, \u003cbr\u003ePauses a moment, howls, and the young woman\u003cbr\u003eRecites a poem to herself.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo long ago the words are lost\u003cbr\u003eEven as each remains a part of us.\u003cbr\u003eChristmas meaning snow out of a broiling sun.\u003cbr\u003eHumanity meaning numbers.\u003cbr\u003eChildhood meaning children and railings and kisses\u003cbr\u003eNever kissed but carved into real trees.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotherless goddamn modernity never grew.\u003cbr\u003eHere we are again at Christmas\u003cbr\u003eOn fire escapes without a fire in view.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet, translator, and critic \u003cb\u003eDonald Revell\u003c\/b\u003e has authored ten previous collections of poetry. Winner of the 2008 NEA Translation Award, the 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, and two-time winner of the PEN Center USA Award in Poetry, Revell has received fellowships from the NEA, Ingram Merrill, and Guggenheim memorial foundations. He is poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Revell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1882295978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781882295975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/16\/2012 pg. 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012 pg. 105","brand":"Donald Revell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125503389951,"sku":"9781882295975","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3033915e-6209-4ac4-8282-7852f150ddba.jpg?v=1687443007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tantivy-donald-revell-9781882295975","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}