{"product_id":"flatlands-paperback-1","title":"Flatlands - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlatlands, Ruth's first full-length poetry collection, explores how her perspective has been indelibly shaped by her state of birth, Nebraska. \"Some writers approach the Nebraska plains as a big, empty other into which they may imagine. I understand the appeal of that mythology. But in Ruth Williams gorgeous new collection, Flatlands, the landscape is as alive as the plains truly are, and serves as both a generating place and quixotic companion to Williams's subtle, precise speaker. Throughout the poems, Williams images are beautifully wrought and full of surprises: a salmon being filleted opens like \" a girl's coral dress come undone and the \" night heat\" of spent fireworks sleeps in the hands of children who are \" ready to knock.\" I love this book-it's musical syncopation, the tight, clean transparency of the poems' lines. I think Willa Cather, the collection's genius loci, would admire Williams's work, recognizing its fundamental truthfulness. Which is about the highest compliment I have to give.\" -Erin Belieu, Author of Slant Six, Co-founder, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Williams is the author of Flatlands, a full-length collection of poetry, as well as two poetry chapbooks. Her poetry has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, jubilat, Pleiades, and Third Coast. Ruth holds a PhD in English and Comparative Literature from the University of Cincinnati and an MFA in Creative Writing, Poetry from Eastern Washington University; currently, she is an Associate Professor of English at William Jewell College where she teaches workshops in poetry and creative nonfiction as well as courses in American, women's, and ethnic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67857891885363,"sku":"9781625579898","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/r6ybfgXsE9781625579898.webp?v=1793574080","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/flatlands-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}