{"product_id":"horses-where-the-answers-should-have-been-new-and-selected-poems-9781556593185","title":"Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" Twichell's] poems generate the requisite heat with the poet's precise, original and frequently brilliant use of language. . . . A major voice in contemporary poetry.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" Twichell's poems] track the inner movements of one life with an unexpected freshness.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e called Chase Twichell \"a major voice in contemporary poetry,\" and this long overdue retrospective supports the claim. Selected from six award-winning books, this volume collects the best of Twichell's meditative and startling poems. A longtime student of Zen Buddhism, Twichell probes how the self changes over time and how the perception of self affects the history and meaning of our lives. Her poems exhibit a deep and urgent love of the natural world amidst ecological decimation, while also delving into childhood memories and the surprise and nourishment that come from radical shifts in perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat etiquette holds us back\u003cbr\u003efrom more intimate speech, \u003cbr\u003eespecially now, at the end of the world?\u003cbr\u003eCan't we begin a conversation\u003cbr\u003ehere in the vestibule, \u003cbr\u003ethen gradually move it inside?\u003cbr\u003eWhat holds us back\u003cbr\u003efrom saying things outright?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChase Twichell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poetry and the best-selling writer's manual \u003ci\u003ePractice of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the founding editor of Ausable Press and lives in rural New York with her husband, the novelist Russell Banks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556593185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2010 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/26\/2010 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chase Twichell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720842088629,"sku":"9781556593185","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f13d2dfc-9000-4703-8e89-586c04612a1c.jpg?v=1675179934","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/horses-where-the-answers-should-have-been-new-and-selected-poems-9781556593185","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}