{"product_id":"reign-of-snakes-paperback-2","title":"Reign of Snakes - 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\u003eRobert Wrigley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the late \u003cb\u003eJames Dickey\u003c\/b\u003e as \"one of the finest new poets to come along in years,\" \u003cb\u003eRobert Wrigley\u003c\/b\u003e fulfills that early promise with this, his newest collection. \u003cb\u003eReign of Snakes\u003c\/b\u003e is a book about desire, the soul's desire as much as the body's. As \u003cb\u003eJane Hirshfield\u003c\/b\u003e said of Wrigley's previous book, \u003cb\u003eIn the Bank of Beautiful Sins\u003c\/b\u003e (Penguin, 1995), \"To read it is to unpeel a little further into the human, and into the wideness that holds the human--a splendid gift.\" \u003cb\u003eReign of Snakes\u003c\/b\u003e takes us to yet another level, deep into the daily devotions, \"where the dark blows a kiss to night.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ea frigid day in February and a full-grownrattlesnake curled to a comma in the middle of the middle of the just-plowed road. Ice ghost, I think, curve of rock or stubbed-off branch. But the diamonds are there, under a dust of crystals looming, impossible, summer's tattoo, the mythical argyle of evil.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e --from \"\u003cb\u003eReign of Snakes\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Wrigley is a recipient of numerous grants and fellowships. His sixth and most recent book, \u003ci\u003eLives of the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2004 Poets' Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.99 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52730675986739,"sku":"9780140589191","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/sphAUHucPm9780140589191_66a75725-9c89-4022-b19e-27ce526cec67.webp?v=1763841325","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/reign-of-snakes-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}