{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZwart, Jane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJane Zwart teaches literature and writing at Calvin University, where she also co-directs the Calvin Center for Faith \u0026amp; Writing. Her poems have appeared widely in periodicals, including \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThreepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51986408374546,"sku":"9781949039689","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ffc63451-5434-4b05-bef7-f8d11bfd2073.jpg?v=1769591128","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/oddest-oldest-saddest-best-9781949039689","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}