{"product_id":"the-river-at-the-end-peter-markus-9781971973043","title":"The River at the End of the River: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of Michigan's foremost writers comes a powerful, soulful meditation on grief, loss, the natural world, and the relationship between humans and everything around us\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Peter Markus's new collection of poems, the loss of the father has become the river that shapes the landscape that the speaker behind these poems is looking to navigate and explore. He finds fellowship and solace in the subject that drives many of these poems: birds, fish, and the ever-present river that runs through much of Markus's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContinuing the emotional plumbing begun in his previous collection, \u003ci\u003eWhen Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, Markus returns to the lower Detroit River and Pointe Mouillee, the geography of his grief, to explore a life remade as the water reshapes the shoreline, forever in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Markus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1971973041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971973043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Peter Markus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623614558463,"sku":"9781971973043","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-river-at-the-end-peter-markus-9781971973043","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}