{"product_id":"the-old-folks-call-it-carol-parris-krauss-9781956285567","title":"The Old Folks Call It God's Country: Poems of the Tarheel and Palmetto States","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarol Parris Krauss weaves stories of North Carolina and South Carolina through various people and places. Her poems are a glimpse into the place the Old Folk's call \"God's Country.\" From looking outside her grandparent's home in Brevard, North Carolina to recounting her sister's journey to a cottage at Pawleys Island, the reader can travel with her on this journey of recognition and recollection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Carol Krauss' poems are authentic, multifaceted stories of being born and raised in the Carolinas. ...[her] warm, down to earth storytelling is interspersed throughout with startling imagery which makes each poem in this collection a delight to read. From her grandparents' house that was \u003cem\u003ethumb-smashed into the side of a mountain\u003c\/em\u003e to the \u003cem\u003esour breath fog\u003c\/em\u003e of a hurricane that \u003cem\u003erears back its head and roars\u003c\/em\u003e, her words provide a unique view of a physical landscape that is in her blood.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Beth Dulin, writer \u0026amp; editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\"These allusive poems, with references to Jane Kenyon and Eudora Welty, create a kind of liminal space, a pause for reflection between a little girl's miserable corrective shoes and an older woman's sore hip. Carol Krauss can see bullets in red rubber pencil erasers, but also finds grace on mountain tops and a cruise downtown to the old Courthouse. I call shotgun!\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Christine Potter, author of \u003cem\u003eUnforgetting, Sheltering in Place\u003c\/em\u003e and The Bean Books series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carol Krauss paints a family history that intersects with the beauty and dangers of the natural world. Each poem offers a story to us, full of the wisdom gained from the small hurricanes we live through together.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Michael Jon Khandelwal, executive director, The Muse Writers Center\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Parris Krauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1956285563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956285567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry Box\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d","brand":"Carol Parris Krauss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45331671646463,"sku":"9781956285567","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90a43403-9254-4ed8-95c7-26c7f8f90394.jpg?v=1713970589","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-old-folks-call-it-carol-parris-krauss-9781956285567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}