{"product_id":"9781556592508","title":"In the Dark","description":"Author: Ruth Stone\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781556592508\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 May 2007\u003cbr\u003ePages: 120 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An aging poet's failing eyesight informs this collection . . . some of which recall the spirit of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Dark but not hopeless, they spring from Stone's lucid inner vision, which is straightforward, musical, and defiant.\"-\u003ci\u003eUtne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow available in paperback, \u003ci\u003eIn the Dark,\u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement, is Ruth Stone's follow-up to her National Book Award--winning \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Galaxy.\u003c\/i\u003e Personal issues of memory, aging, and loss are balanced against profound political and cultural change. Stone has been called a \"people's poet\" whose work is \"profoundly rewarding,\" and she writes a poetry of everyday life that recasts the mundane as indispensable. When asked whether poets improve with age, Stone, then eighty-nine, replied: \"There's no question.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"What is a Poem?\":\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaving come this far\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith a handful of alphabet,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am forced,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith these few blocks,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto invent the universe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920581345438,"sku":"ING-9781556592508","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781556592508.jpg?v=1782824816","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781556592508","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}