{"product_id":"googootz-and-other-poems-paperback","title":"Googootz and Other Poems - 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\u003eHoward Faerstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Howard Faerstein's \u003cem\u003eGoogootz and Other Poems \u003c\/em\u003ejourney by their own inimitable logic, finding their way as they go, because \"you keep travelling on \/ whether life invites you or not.\" In this wide-ranging volume of praise and protest, subtle humor and elegy, finches fly through fire, Hiroshima shadows a New England beach, space aliens reveal a secret connection to spaghetti and meatballs, a wasp and wind chimes conjure mystery \"outside the borders of definition,\" and seemingly respectable citizens harbor \"cavernous hate camouflaged like terrorist conviction.\" Even as Faerstein confronts the worst of our current moment, these poems \"never refuse love's lure,\" never forget \"the great glory\" of creation. \u003cem\u003eGoogootz\u003c\/em\u003e is a large-souled book that gives courage to \"go on living.\" --Jay Udall, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Welcome Table \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBecause a Fire in Our Heads, \u003c\/em\u003ewinner of the X. J. Kennedy Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728047305011,"sku":"9781941209943","price":32.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cmVBZFI4YzZhOEl5ODAzSHZ1Zm1QQT09.webp?v=1763773264","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/googootz-and-other-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}