{"product_id":"rising-falling-hovering-9781556593093","title":"Rising, Falling, Hovering","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternational Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"C.D. Wright's thirteenth collection, \u003ci\u003eRising, Falling, Hovering, \u003c\/i\u003e reminds us what poetry is for. This is poetry as white phosphorus, written with merciless love and depthless anger.\" --from the Griffin Prize judges' citation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wright is a resolutely experimental poet, funny and intemperate, and the poems in her latest volume manage an unusual alchemy--they have a raw, unfinished quality that never feels provisional.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wright belongs to a school of exactly one.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These poems succeed at storytelling and at painting realistic scenes. Wright emerges a modern woman coping with relationships in a world full of violence and wars. Recommended for larger public libraries and all academic collections.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wright braids some of her most personal and intimate poetry to date with an extended meditation on the consequences of America's contemporary stance toward other countries.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"C.D. Wright has an uncanny and characteristic reverence for both the vernacular and the esoteric, which leads to riveting and rare depictions of American culture. . . . It's been a while since I read an entire book of poetry in rapture. After finishing \u003ci\u003eRising, Falling, Hovering\u003c\/i\u003e, I was reminded of why I love the medium, what it can do.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e (Seattle)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply personal and politically ferocious, \u003ci\u003eRising, Falling, Hovering\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the commonly felt crises of our times--from illegal immigration and the specific consequences of empire-building to the challenges of parenting and the honesty required of human relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the other night I know you are sorry I am sorry too We were tired Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand my open-shut-case mouth You and your clockwork disciplines And I know it is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003etoo far to go But we can't leave it to the forces to rub out the color of the world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC.D. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a dozen collections of poetry and prose. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Wright is a professor of English at Brown University and lives outside Providence, Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC.D. Wright, a Professor of English at Brown University, is the author of eleven books of poetry, as well as several collaborative works with photographer Deborah Luster, most recently One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana. She has earned fellowships from the MacArthur and Guggenheim foundations, and is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award. She lives in Rhode Island.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356332888338,"sku":"9781556593093","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42764ab1-4b98-4d2b-b1d0-866bb745a9a5.jpg?v=1728309068","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rising-falling-hovering-9781556593093","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}