{"product_id":"the-right-to-depart-louis-faber-9780911051308","title":"The Right to Depart","description":"At the core of this collection, which travels the globe and the neighborhood, is a deep knowledge and respect for both the physical world and the world of the heart. The poems use language, beautifully crafted and finely tuned, to create a space for them to come together.Compassion and craftsmanship come together in that beautiful way that keeps us all crawling back to poetry to learn the truth. \u003cbr\u003e Lisa Starr, Rhode Island Poet Laureate \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The work is clear, spare and moves rhythmically through recognizable grief and celebrates the sweetness of love returned, while acknowledging the real losses of this time. The unanswerable questions become the contradictions we face in reading his work, and Faber's poems guide us to new arrivals of meaning, both ironically and iconically altered, with \"everything in its place\" anew.\u003cbr\u003e Beatrix Gates, poet, teacher, author of several poetry\u003cbr\u003e collections, including Ten Minutes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There's a whimsical, deep sweetness in Lou Faber's work, mingled with the toughness of mind required to take a long look at the human predicament. Absences both personal and collective haunt the poems as their speaker mourns the multinational victims of violent injustice. Next you'll find a lyric voice set dizzily free from the laws of Newtonian physics, or Buddha and Hillel stepping out to enjoy a convivial nosh. It's the honesty with which Faber depicts a self fully entangled in the fabric of the world that renders convincing these flickers of canny celebration. \u003cbr\u003e Jan Clausen, poet, novelist and teacher, \u003cbr\u003e author of several books, inclucing From a Glass House. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this substantial collection of poems, I have come to admire Louis Faber's range, wit, and sensibilities. I've had the pleasure of publishing Louis Faber's poetry but the real pleasure comes in reading these poems and the unexpected ways of knowing that they make possible. These poems are motivated not by the desire to dazzle the reader so much as to simply get us to see again what we know must exist.\u003cbr\u003e James Elkins, editor, \u003cbr\u003e Legal Studies Forum \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0911051309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780911051308\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 11\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.35d","brand":"Louis Faber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483741434111,"sku":"9780911051308","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f450438-4002-4750-9743-f1b7d6e2b409.jpg?v=1778040351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-right-to-depart-louis-faber-9780911051308","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}