{"product_id":"tricks-of-the-light-vicki-hearne-9780226322414","title":"Tricks of the Light: New and Selected Poems","description":"From \u003ci\u003eThe Horse That, Trotting\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe horse that, trotting with open heart\u003cbr\u003eAgainst the wind, achieves bend and flow\u003cbr\u003eWill live forever. So far, so good, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut they never do, until too late, \u003cbr\u003eBend properly and time spreads from\u003cbr\u003eThe momentary hesitations \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf their spines, circles their tossing necks, \u003cbr\u003eFalls from their teeth like rejected oats, \u003cbr\u003eLitters the ground like penitence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is where we come in, where the drop\u003cbr\u003eOf time congeals the air and someone \u003cbr\u003eSpeaks to the discouraged grass . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTricks of the Light\u003c\/i\u003e explores the often fraught relationships between domestic animals and humans through mythological figurations, vibrant thought, and late-modern lyrics that seem to test their own boundaries. Vicki Hearne (1946-2001), best known and celebrated today as a writer of strikingly original poetry and prose, was a capable dog and horse trainer, and sometimes controversial animal advocate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis definitive collection of Hearne's poetry spans the entirety of her illustrious career, from her first book, \u003ci\u003eNervous Horses\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), to never-before-published poems composed on her deathbed. But no matter the source, each of her meditative, metaphysical lyrics possesses that rare combination of philosophical speculation, practical knowledge of animals, and an unusually elegant style unlike that of any other poet writing today. Before her untimely death, Hearne entrusted the manuscript to distinguished poet, scholar, and long-time friend John Hollander, whose introduction provides both critical and personal insight into the poet's magnum opus. \u003ci\u003eTricks of the Light\u003c\/i\u003e--acute, vibrant, and deeply informed--is a sensuous reckoning of the connection between humans and the natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Parts of Light\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eHearne . . . strives to capture exactly what she knows she can't--the intense immediacy of animal consciousness, a consciousness free of the moral vagaries and intellectual preoccupations that pockmark human experience. Her style, smooth in some places, choppy in others, reflects both the wholeness of animal presence and the jarring, fragmentary nature of human reason and reflection. Hearne's poems demand participation, refuse passive enjoyment; she dares the reader to stay in the saddle.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vicki Hearne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226322416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226322414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.42w x 0.78d","brand":"Vicki Hearne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086405349631,"sku":"9780226322414","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a02dc57-c367-42b5-841e-8a57e612b1b8.jpg?v=1769094483","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tricks-of-the-light-vicki-hearne-9780226322414","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}