{"product_id":"in-the-soup-paperback","title":"In The Soup - 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\u003eJohn Calderazzo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging gracefully from the high Himalayas to the town dump, John Calderazzo's literal and imaginative journeys guide us through the elusive, liminal landscape that lies between an unyielding reality and our most astonishing dreams. At moments laced with loss, at others buoyed by humor, these radiant poems artfully braid close observation and deep reflection with a genuine humility in the face of the unfathomable. In its profound engagement with the richness and complexity of both human and more-than-human lives, In the Soup offers a beautiful reminder that grief and joy are ever our fellow travelers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Michael P. Branch\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eRaising Wild\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn the Trail of the Jackalope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood poetry affirms the life it also questions, undoes our certainties by renewing our sense of mystery, mocks the ease of our pieties with an earthly mirth, and through doubt's strange course revitalizes a faith we didn't know we had lost-this faith living fully requires. John Calderazzo's \u003ci\u003eIn the Soup\u003c\/i\u003e dances between sorrow and ecstatic whimsy, recognizes the suffering of self and others without being sentenced to despair. What a rare thing it is-to find a book of poems that, when all is said and done, is a book that reminds us that joy is an acceptable response to finding yourself in the vast trouble of the world. It is joyful, this being alive-and it's a joy to read poems by a poet honest and unashamed of whatever it is happiness might be: not a form of denial, but a form of acceptance, dark and light, bitter and sweet, all in mutual embrace, where \"\u003ci\u003esuffering has been acknowledged. I bite into \/ my first strawberry, my teeth hurting \/ from the chill.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Dan Beachy Quick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003eJohn Calderazzo's poems, essays, and literary journalism have appeared in Audubon, Bellevue Literary Review, Brevity, Georgia Review, Orion, Terrain.org and elsewhere. His first poetry collection is \u003ci\u003eThe Exact Weight of the Soul \u003c\/i\u003e(Red Mountain Press, 2020). Among his three nonfiction books is \u003ci\u003eRising Fire: Volcanoes \u0026amp; Our Inner Lives\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in many anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBest American Nature Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Travel Adventure Stories, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eCopper Canyon Press's \u003ci\u003eHere: Poems for the Planet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEnglish Professor \u003ci\u003eEmeritus\u003c\/i\u003e at Colorado State University, he's won a Best CSU Teacher Award, a Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship and founded the literary nonfiction track of the CSU Creative Writing program. Nowadays, he teaches scientists to use storytelling skills to communicate with the public and enjoys trekking among high mountains around the world.\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 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731243004211,"sku":"9781957483368","price":31.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SbPdeqB4NG9781957483368.webp?v=1763852189","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/in-the-soup-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}