{"product_id":"woods-are-on-fire-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Woods Are on Fire: New and Selected 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\u003eFleda Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTed Kooser\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Woods Are On Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is Fleda Brown's deeply human and intensely felt poetic explorations of her life and world. Her account includes her brain-damaged brother, a rickety family cottage, a puzzling and sometimes frightening father, a timid mother, and the adult life that follows with its loves, divorces, and serious illnesses. Visually and emotionally rich, Brown's poems call on Einstein, Shakespeare, Sophocles, \u003cem\u003eLaw and Order\u003c\/em\u003e, Elvis, and Beethoven. They stand before the Venus de Milo as well as the moon, as they measure distances between what we make as art and who we are as humans. In wide-ranging forms--from the sestina to prose poems--they focus on the natural world as well as the Delaware legislature and the inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Woods Are On Fire\u003c\/em\u003e includes nearly fifty new poems, along with poems selected from seven previous books, showcasing an influential American poet's work over the last few decades. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFleda Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor emerita at the University of Delaware and is a faculty member of the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. She served as Delaware's poet laureate from 2001 to 2007 and is the author of nine poetry books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Child\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFishing With Blood\u003c\/em\u003e, and two memoirs, including \u003cem\u003eDriving with Dvorák \u003c\/em\u003e(Nebraska, 2010). Her work has twice appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e and has won numerous awards, including a Pushcart Prize and the Felix Pollak Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFleda Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita at the University of Delaware and is a faculty member of the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. She served as Delaware's poet laureate from 2001 to 2007 and is the author of nine poetry books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Child\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFishing With Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, and two memoirs, including \u003ci\u003eDriving with Dvořák \u003c\/i\u003e(Nebraska, 2010). Her work has twice appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and has won numerous awards, including a Pushcart Prize and the Felix Pollak Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726431187251,"sku":"9780803294943","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aEpKQUp4d0x3SVQ0MHNONzhadk0vQT09.webp?v=1763737187","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/woods-are-on-fire-new-and-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}