{"product_id":"the-night-watch-barbara-krasner-9781639808021","title":"The Night Watch","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn poems as beautifully crafted as they are engaging, Barbara Krasner brings the world of fine art to life. Of course, Krasner excels at creating inventive metaphors, cultivating surprise and risk on the level of diction, and orchestrating wild associative leaps. Yet what sets these poems apart from other ekphrastic projects is Krasner's enviable command of narrative. A masterful storyteller, Krasner imbues each painting, each art piece, and each artist's legacy with new emotional and historical resonance. And most importantly of all, Krasner celebrates, honors, and amplifies the mystery inherent in the creative process. Bravissimo!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristina Marie Darling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Fulbright Scholar and author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaylight Has Already Come: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Krasner has an uncanny ability to breathe life into old Dutch, French, and Russian paintings with her words, bringing readers into unexpected intimacy with people and places of another time. She weaves her own memories and ancestors in and out of these encounters, showing us how our own stories are intertwined with other histories. This collection is gorgeous, insightful, passionate, furious, and important.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorette C. Luzajic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, founder and editor, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ekphrastic Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Krasner is a master of ekphrastic poetry. The key to writing good poetry based on art is to find surprises, those wonderful \"aha\" moments. Don't describe what is on the canvas, but how it affects you. Krasner delivers. Sometimes she speaks of a centuries-old canvas like it's a current event or a tragic memory of the Holocaust. In \"Fiddler as Witness,\" I love how she pictures her grandfather floating above Chagall's rooftop and sailing to America. Krasner's voltas (a tone shift or change of topic) make me think, \"Wow!\" before I back up and read the poem again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlarie Tennille\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eRunning Counterclockwise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree A.M. at the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Krasner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639808027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639808021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Barbara Krasner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437562999039,"sku":"9781639808021","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_27e35142-1889-4e37-8ccb-91cb56ff8a51.jpg?v=1777162649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-night-watch-barbara-krasner-9781639808021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}