{"product_id":"sparks-from-a-nine-pound-hammer-poems-paperback","title":"Sparks from a Nine-Pound Hammer: Poems - 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\u003eSteve Scafidi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes a fact swings down like a hammer and we are changed. The fact of loss, the fact of desire, and all the wild, unruly facts of history hammer down and sparks fly up. This, then, is a collection of facts. In a rushing, rolling style, poems sweep to the edge of falling apart, take great delight in defying that dissolution, and come upon a thing redemptive and clarifying: the fact of love. In a world that \"doesn't really care \/ whether we live or die,\" Steve Scafidi writes, \"tell it you do and why.\" From the unthinkable to the quietly heroic, somehow we have emerged. \u003ci\u003eSparks from a Nine-Pound Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates that fact most of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Scafidi was born and raised in Virginia and earned a master of fine arts degree in creative writing at Arizona State University. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review, New Virginia Review, Southern Poetry Review, Southern Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. He is a cabinetmaker and lives in Summit Point, West Virginia, with his wife, Kathleen, and daughter, Isabella. This is his first book\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726433251635,"sku":"9780807126943","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NG9UNCtWcWR1VWFNZ29RdVJrZWIzUT09.webp?v=1763737194","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/sparks-from-a-nine-pound-hammer-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}