{"product_id":"northern-portrait-paperback","title":"Northern Portrait - 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\u003eFredric Hildebrand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHildebrand's poems are a joyous journey through small-town Wisconsin with an homage to drive-in theaters, pinewood derbies, and Saturday night baseball. With the deftness of a poet, this author takes readers \"there\" with intimate detail and his sure sense of belonging. There is a softness in these poems, a feeling that passing time hovers just around the corner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarla Huston, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2017-2018\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFredric Hildebrand can paint this \"northern portrait\" because he has a careful eye looking over the \"summer farms and fields\" and the \"pine-thick forests.\" He can see the \"intersection of gray abandonment\" and the sign at the abandoned tavern, which still speaks \"the old language.\" He remembers the hundred years in his grandmother's eyes \"like \/ the light of an uncertain candle.\" More, Hildebrand knows what he sees means, that when you see the blackbird, it is about \"not exactly the bird \/ but the cleansing \/ rains and green maple \/ days that followed her.\" It is in such an understanding that these poems live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Montag\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorthern Portrait \u003c\/i\u003eshines a light on the past, on small-town America in all of its former glory-taverns, diners, Memorial Day parades-while also making room for broken windows and roofless silos, the silence of empty fields, and shuttered storefronts. The poems make up a map. It is creased along the folds, like a favorite route marked in ink, studded with stories told in the \"old language.\" We read about the land, what has been lost, and what lingers. We travel over the miles of memories of those who have lived through its changes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Nienow\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344340705587,"sku":"9781952326417","price":28.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/gfJAMr1A339781952326417.webp?v=1778725074","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/northern-portrait-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}