{"product_id":"local-fauna-9781606352373","title":"Local Fauna","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eLocal Fauna\u003c\/i\u003e opens with a meta-poem about Jack Spicer, and I couldn't help but think of his 'dictated' poetry, poetry as vessel, poetry getting down what needs to be said. Brian Brodeur's poems have this urgency--life, death, cruelty, politics, war, capitalism, and love. Hard truths come through the past, radio interviews, zoo animals, neighbors, personas, and pop songs. Brian Broduer's poetry has insistence and morality, inclusivity and beauty. \u003ci\u003eLocal Fauna\u003c\/i\u003e is terrific.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Denise Duhamel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Brian Brodeur's formal skill, his feel for the whole history beneath a sentence, a line, a syllable, is matched here only by his unsentimental compassion for the people he renders in his poems. I can think of few other poets who capture what contemporary American life actually feels, looks, and sounds like as movingly as Brodeur does. Poems such as 'Cousins, ' 'Local Fauna, ' and 'The Register' will be with us for a long time indeed. Brian Brodeur is a marvel.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Peter Campion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606352373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.29h x 6.46w x 0.28d","brand":"Brodeur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52472841830581,"sku":"9781606352373","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_634b1e35-c165-4e68-a2ea-2d883c03ee4e.jpg?v=1777444522","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/local-fauna-9781606352373","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}