{"product_id":"winters-journey-stephen-dobyns-9781556593055","title":"Winter's Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" Dobyns' poetry] has a somber, eccentric beauty not quite like anything else around these days.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" Dobyns] blends philosophical musings with daft, deft metaphors and a cheeky vernacular.\"--\u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet and best-selling novelist Stephen Dobyns employs everything from Atlantic seascapes to werewolf dreams to explore issues public and private. By turns tough and tender, Dobyns' plainspoken poems create and reflect a worldview full of possibilities. He contrasts the quotidian with the exalted, always delivered in a precise, familiar voice. Daily walks become meditations on politics, philosophy, literature, and the larger considerations of existence and being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Dobyns\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twenty-one books of fiction, including the popular Saratoga crime series, twelve books of poetry, and a collection of nonfiction. Dobyns has worked as a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Detroit News\u003c\/i\u003e and has taught at the University of Iowa, Sarah Lawrence College, Warren Wilson College, Syracuse University, and Boston University. He lives in Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Dobyns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556593058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556593055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2010 pg. 77","brand":"Stephen Dobyns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985129668863,"sku":"9781556593055","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4b5dc7c-8855-4a7c-8a13-fff93e27cca7.jpg?v=1683275720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/winters-journey-stephen-dobyns-9781556593055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}