{"product_id":"9781625579898","title":"Flatlands","description":"Author: Ruth Williams\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781625579898\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Black Lawrence Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Jul 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 76 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlatlands, Ruth's first full-length poetry collection, explores how her perspective has been indelibly shaped by her state of birth, Nebraska. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Erin Belieu, Author of Slant Six, Co-founder, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920668180638,"sku":"ING-9781625579898","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781625579898.jpg?v=1782827505","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781625579898","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}