{"product_id":"in-the-dark-paperback-2","title":"In the Dark - 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\u003eRuth Stone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An aging poet's failing eyesight informs this collection . . . some of which recall the spirit of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Dark but not hopeless, they spring from Stone's lucid inner vision, which is straightforward, musical, and defiant.\"--\u003ci\u003eUtne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow available in paperback, \u003ci\u003eIn the Dark, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement, is Ruth Stone's follow-up to her National Book Award--winning \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Galaxy.\u003c\/i\u003e Personal issues of memory, aging, and loss are balanced against profound political and cultural change. Stone has been called a \"people's poet\" whose work is \"profoundly rewarding,\" and she writes a poetry of everyday life that recasts the mundane as indispensable. When asked whether poets improve with age, Stone, then eighty-nine, replied: \"There's no question.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"What is a Poem?\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHaving come this far\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith a handful of alphabet, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI am forced, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith these few blocks, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eto invent the universe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Stone was born in Virginia in 1915. She is the author of thirteen books of poetry and received the National Book Award in 2002 for In the Next Galaxy. Her other awards and honors include a National Book Critics Circle Award, a Whiting Award, and two Guggenheim fellowships. She lives in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.94 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53425814470963,"sku":"9781556592508","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/8AsnPQkln9781556592508.webp?v=1780524383","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/in-the-dark-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}