{"product_id":"accidents-of-being-poems-from-a-philadelphia-neighborhood-paperback","title":"Accidents of Being: Poems from a Philadelphia Neighborhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Rohrer-Dann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Rohrer-Dann's new collection of poems explores the world surrounding Philadelphia's Burholme Park, a world intimately personal yet also universally familiar. Spanning generations, a diverse cast of characters belong to \u003ci\u003ethis neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e but also to \u003ci\u003ethis nation, \u003c\/i\u003e and we recognize in their stories so much of our own collective history. Clearly, \u003ci\u003eAccidents of Being\u003c\/i\u003e is no accidental triumph, but a bittersweet narrative and often lyrically haunting \u003ci\u003etour de force.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Lammon, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eFuller E. Callaway endowed Flannery O'Connor Chair in Creative Writing at Georgia College (1997-2018), author of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNews From Where I Live \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Long Road Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese heart-felt narratives leap with life. Vibrant on page and stage, they portray stories of immigrants, workers, and philanthropists who inform the poet's childhood landscape. Well researched, the collection introduces the founding family of the estate which became a park and museum given \"free to the people of Philadelphia forever,\" and then follows the intersecting generations of various families. From the Underground Railroad to Black Lives Matter and the Pandemic, the poet chronicles, from various perspectives, Philadelphia and American history. By the book's end, we arrive where we began: in familiar but changed territory. Sledding in Burholme Park, we, too, dare to see \"how fast\/how far\/we can go.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMarjorie Maddox\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBegin with a Question\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Museum of My Daughter's Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning to her poetic heartland, Northeast Philadelphia, Rohrer-Dann resurrects 150 years of American being. In brilliant idiom, she curates interwoven voices with a scholar's acumen and a home girl's sense of social culture. From a ghostly housekeeper turned heiress to a 60's dad dicing celery, the poet deftly positions these disparate lives, and locate us in a burgeoning, national narrative that includes pivotal assassinations, the Vietnam War, 9\/11. Her imagery at times lifts this American Chronicle into stunning, numinous ether. From an arsonist's thrill at the \"luscious buzz in sizzle suck of air,\" to a child beholding a fire as \"this gushing waterfall of flame,\" such witness brings a burning sense of renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eVA Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBiking Through the Stone Age, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e 2022, and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Daughters, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e2023, Kelsay Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301447917875,"sku":"9781639803262","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RwlQ4e8xSu9781639803262.webp?v=1777512696","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/accidents-of-being-poems-from-a-philadelphia-neighborhood-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}