{"product_id":"walking-backwards-john-koethe-9780374538705","title":"Walking Backwards","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollected poems from America's searching and thoughtful philosopher-poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. . . There\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es something\u003cbr\u003eComforting about rituals renewed, even adolescents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e pipe dreams: \u003cbr\u003eThey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ell find out soon enough, and meanwhile find their places\u003cbr\u003eIn the eternal scenery, less auguries or cautionary tales \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThan parts of an unchanging whole, as ripe for contemplation\u003cbr\u003eAs a planisphere or the clouds: the vexed destinies, the shared life, \u003cbr\u003eThe sempiternal spectacle of someone preaching to the choir\u003cbr\u003eWhile walking backwards in the moment on a warm spring afternoon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Koethe's poems--always dynamic and in process, never static or complete--luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. Gathering for the first time his impressive and award-winning body of work, published between 1966 and 2016, \u003ci\u003eWalking Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e introduces this gifted poet to a new, wider readership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Koethe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374538700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"John Koethe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987300974847,"sku":"9780374538705","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8d3473b-fe7c-4543-80b2-f096ee9714af.jpg?v=1683288164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walking-backwards-john-koethe-9780374538705","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}