{"product_id":"things-to-say-to-a-jane-yolen-9780983325406","title":"Things to Say to a Dead Man: Poems at the End of a Marriage and After","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternationally renowned author Jane Yolen has composed a sequence of tough, angry, and moving love poems that express grief and gratitude for her late husband David, as witness to his treatment for and passing from cancer, and the ongoing loss that is felt years after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one poem, Yolen--a prize-winning poet, speaks of his \"shallow bird breath\/beating beneath the cage of his chest bones.\" In another: \"Do not help me to forget.\/Help me to remember.\" And in a third: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou have gone before me into winter, \u003cbr\u003eInto spring, into summer, somehow\u003cbr\u003eA consummate time traveler\u003cbr\u003eI can never catch up to, \u003cbr\u003eAlways a season ahead.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Yolen\u003c\/b\u003e, often called \"the Hans Christian Andersen of America,\" is the author of over three hundred books, including \u003ci\u003eOwl Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Arithmetic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight\u003c\/i\u003e. The books range from rhymed picture books and baby board books through middle grade fiction, poetry collections, nonfiction, novels, and story collections for young adults and adults, and two books of adult poetry. Her books and stories have won two Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, a Caldecott Medal, the Golden Kite Award, three Mythopoeic awards, two Christopher Medals, a nomination for the National Book Award, and the Jewish Book Award. She is also the winner (for body of work) of the Kerlan Award, the World Fantasy Association Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Catholic Library's Regina Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Yolen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0983325405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780983325406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holy Cow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011 pg. 30","brand":"Jane Yolen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947556700415,"sku":"9780983325406","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6b66867a-b16f-4ba4-9f79-f97fcc2f17db.jpg?v=1681519410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/things-to-say-to-a-jane-yolen-9780983325406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}