{"product_id":"the-inexhaustible-before-robert-pfeiffer-9781632100290","title":"The Inexhaustible Before","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bob Pfeiffer's second poetry collection dares us to be \"good to one another,\" to be \"serious about experience,\" and \"to enjoy \/ the smallest fragments of life.\" It's a book about fatherhood, citizenship, and--first and foremost--love. At turns funny, at turns enraged by injustice, these clear-eyed and kindhearted poems achieve hopefulness without falling into naivety. Indeed, they recognize that \"There is the world we have, \/ and the world we want,\" and that a huge gulf exists between the two. Poetry, though, offers us, we who reside in that first world, a way to access the second, its joys and miracles, and we're lucky to have Bob Pfeiffer to show us the way.\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003eJames Davis May\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eUnquiet Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Inexhaustible Before\u003c\/em\u003e, his powerfully moving second collection of poems, Bob Pfeiffer writes, \"This world is divided into two types of people: those with empathy for the living...and those without.\" Unquestionably the poems of this book express empathy at every turn: for past girlfriends, polar bears, animals struck by cars, tsunami victims, a mother diagnosed with cancer, a girlfriend become wife, a baby daughter...Underpinning the voice of this emotionally rich book is a belief in our shared humanity and the ultimate hope for redemption through love.\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003eBeth Gylys\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eSky Blue Enough to Drink\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Pfeiffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632100290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632100290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plain View Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.20d","brand":"Robert Pfeiffer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616696987903,"sku":"9781632100290","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f758e762-4fc0-4b4a-aaec-f8ef5c4ac12d.jpg?v=1703021789","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-inexhaustible-before-robert-pfeiffer-9781632100290","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}