{"product_id":"the-blue-staircase-other-glenn-sheldon-9781950063024","title":"The Blue Staircase \u0026 Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blue Staircase \u0026amp; other poems\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of thirty-six poems that examine the author's personal relationship with Salem, the historical and literary city in northern Massachusetts. Sheldon asks of himself, as well as his audience, \"Is there a Salem still?\" Tackling its historical, as well as literary heritage, Sheldon takes on the persona of Giles Corey in the title poem (a Puritan farmer and family man convicted and ultimately crushed to death during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692). Elsewhere Sheldon investigates his childhood as a Salem native and interrogates his own literary position to many Massachusetts' authors, from Hawthorne to Lowell, from Emerson to Frost, from his own contemporary position as a Midwestern transplant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn Sheldon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195006302X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950063024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cervena Barva Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Glenn Sheldon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517233443071,"sku":"9781950063024","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76dc89f0-f29c-41f8-a1c8-3ed6e6574c0d.jpg?v=1778730813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blue-staircase-other-glenn-sheldon-9781950063024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}