{"product_id":"walking-backwards-poems-1966-2016-9780374538705","title":"Walking Backwards: Poems 1966-2016","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollected poems from America's searching and thoughtful philosopher-poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. . . There\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es something\u003cbr\u003eComforting about rituals renewed, even adolescents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e pipe dreams: \u003cbr\u003eThey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ell find out soon enough, and meanwhile find their places\u003cbr\u003eIn the eternal scenery, less auguries or cautionary tales \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThan parts of an unchanging whole, as ripe for contemplation\u003cbr\u003eAs a planisphere or the clouds: the vexed destinies, the shared life, \u003cbr\u003eThe sempiternal spectacle of someone preaching to the choir\u003cbr\u003eWhile walking backwards in the moment on a warm spring afternoon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Koethe's poems--always dynamic and in process, never static or complete--luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. Gathering for the first time his impressive and award-winning body of work, published between 1966 and 2016, \u003ci\u003eWalking Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e introduces this gifted poet to a new, wider readership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"John Koethe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42520557584565,"sku":"9780374538705","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2eac4e1f-26a7-422a-b2a9-f878b69850ab.jpg?v=1669129560","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/walking-backwards-poems-1966-2016-9780374538705","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}