{"product_id":"among-elms-in-ambush-9781950774418","title":"Among Elms, in Ambush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis powerful new work by Bruce Weigl follows the celebrated poet and Vietnam War Veteran as he explores combat, survival, and PTSD in brief prose vignettes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn compact, transcendent, and poetic prose, Bruce Weigl chronicles somber observations on the present day alongside painful memories of the war. Reflections on school shootings and the lightning-fast spread of news in the 21st century are set alongside elegies for forgotten soldiers and the lifelong struggle of waiting for the trauma of war to fade. Haunting and nuanced, \u003ci\u003eAmong Elms, in Ambush\u003c\/i\u003e carries readers through mediations and medications, past the shapes of figures in the dark rice fields of Viet Nam and the milkweed pods in the frost-covered fields of Ohio, toward a hard-won determination to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950774418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 5.12w x 0.63d","brand":"Bruce Weigl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40793245581493,"sku":"9781950774418","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_20f4d78c-bb68-4f93-89ad-86bc857f59de.jpg?v=1629204206","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/among-elms-in-ambush-9781950774418","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}