{"product_id":"oddest-oldest-saddest-best-9781949039689","title":"Oddest \u0026 Oldest \u0026 Saddest \u0026 Best","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs its title hints, \u003ci\u003eOddest \u0026amp; Oldest \u0026amp; Saddest \u0026amp; Best\u003c\/i\u003e insists on the links between congruous and incongruous things: the rusting moon and a katydid, Eden and Yugoslavia, blackbirds and imaginary numbers--not to mention between any two people. Jane Zwart has hoarded wonders large and small in these poems, holding them up beside life's inevitable pain and grief. \u003ci\u003eOddest \u0026amp; Oldest \u0026amp; Saddest \u0026amp; Best\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates an enduring faith in the written word to bind us closer together, in our sorrows and in our joys: \"Every poem \/\/ is riddled with holes. But I am threading two tin cans' \/ punctured ends that you might know me yet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949039689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jane Zwart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085810462901,"sku":"9781949039689","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_86118f19-d6cd-4b7a-af92-e95e1defc4bf.jpg?v=1765295281","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/oddest-oldest-saddest-best-9781949039689","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}