{"product_id":"the-muse-sings-dennis-cooley-9781988168364","title":"The Muse Sings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Muse Sings\u003c\/i\u003e and the poet sings songs of love and longing from states of joy, self-doubt, vexation, curiosity, affection, observation, mock-indignation...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems speak for themselves and sometimes \"they talk all at once.\" In seductive acts of language itself, they invoke and embrace the Muses as much as they do the writers who would become muses, from ancient Homer and Shakespeare to poets of contemporary time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems are the seasoned work of a trickster poet in his prime with a crow's eye trained on the world. No silent words on the page, these: they are alert, thoughtful, at turns cheeky and saucy. The poems all but produce decibels despite the inked imprint on the page that would fix them silent in place, until a living voice sets them free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Cooley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1988168368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988168364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e At Bay Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Dennis Cooley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43942712180991,"sku":"9781988168364","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7b7f8d86-2f3a-4141-b00e-649f1d716b3b.jpg?v=1681493914","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-muse-sings-dennis-cooley-9781988168364","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}