{"product_id":"the-chapbooks-trilogy-hank-youngman-9798215795880","title":"The Chapbooks Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd I wrestled with reeds in perilous bogs, \u003cbr\u003eI've set fire to weeds and snuck up on stalks.\u003cbr\u003eI've walked through meadows all covered in sand, \u003cbr\u003eI've planted my seeds in infertile lands.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chapbooks Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e is a printed collection of the three books in the \u003cem\u003eChapbooks\u003c\/em\u003e series, featuring a total of 50 poems and three critical essays on the subjects of verse and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAmbition, in Vain\u003c\/em\u003e is a poeticized account of the disillusion of curtailed ambitions in the emergent culture of the 21st century. Melancholic, at times cynical, and on occasion humorous, \u003cem\u003eAmbition, in Vain\u003c\/em\u003e aims to illustrate and communicate the reality of the new zeitgeist in an intellectually stimulating medium.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSonglets\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetic discourse on coming of age, ideological convictions, modern culture and its impacts; psychological, social, and historical; 20 sonnets with a diversity of subjects and themes, united in form and their poetic scope.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eChapbook #3\u003c\/em\u003e concludes the series with a variation in form, and a subject matter laden with enduring, temporal, universal, and subjective motifs; aware of a spiritual reality, yet just shy of esoteric. The mood combines the serious with the expressive, and the continuity in focus portrays a spectrum between optimism and bleak lucidity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten for an educated audience, \u003cem\u003eThe Chapbooks Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e is a somber yet hopeful account of a reality which prosaic character becomes enlivened by the lyrical narrative employed to explore, understand, and communicate the unexplored, misunderstood, and the unheard.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hank Youngman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8215795889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798215795880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hank Youngman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d","brand":"Hank Youngman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130294333695,"sku":"9798215795880","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e537b7dc-3e0c-4319-ab04-472b376deba5.jpg?v=1687468606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chapbooks-trilogy-hank-youngman-9798215795880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}