{"product_id":"say-said-9781949065404","title":"say, said","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFred Dale's full-length poetry collection \u003cem\u003esay, said, \u003c\/em\u003ewinner of the \u003cem\u003eDriftwood Press \u003c\/em\u003eManuscript Prize\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a lyrical exploration of a life through a blending of voices, pop culture, and language experimentation. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDale utilizes \u003cstrong\u003eform \u003c\/strong\u003eby playing with punctuation and spacing to create something both uniform and surprising. A lifetime collapses into a \u003cstrong\u003esequence of stories\u003c\/strong\u003e told by a distinct and powerful speaker. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection, in its interrogation of a life, is \u003cstrong\u003elush and imagistic\u003c\/strong\u003e, with themes of \u003cstrong\u003emasculinity\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003efamily, love\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ethe natural world \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eCatholic iconography.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSaints\u003c\/strong\u003e populate the rugged \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican \u003c\/strong\u003eterritory. The speaker searches for \u003cstrong\u003etruth in the past\u003c\/strong\u003e and, in doing so, invites the reader into a \u003cstrong\u003econtemplation \u003c\/strong\u003ebuilt on genuine understanding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDale's voice is \u003cstrong\u003emeditative\u003c\/strong\u003e and searching. It is also, at times, \u003cstrong\u003ecomic\u003c\/strong\u003e. This book is populated with characters who speak through \u003cstrong\u003epersona\u003c\/strong\u003e, and with \u003cstrong\u003enatural metaphors\u003c\/strong\u003e, birds, fish, and bees, which splash and flit through every page. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003esay, said \u003c\/em\u003edoes not focus on a single \u003cstrong\u003eplace\u003c\/strong\u003e, rather, it travels through America, particularly the \u003cstrong\u003eSouth\u003c\/strong\u003e, like a road trip through \u003cstrong\u003ememory\u003c\/strong\u003e and the interactions that make a life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003esay, said\u003c\/em\u003e is for fans of \u003cstrong\u003elyric poetry, history, religion, myth, \u003c\/strong\u003e and for anyone wanting to understand what it means to \u003cstrong\u003ecultivate a meaningful, loving life. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDale, Fred:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Fred Dale is a husband to his wife, Valerie, a father to my good dog, Miss Trixie, and a faculty member in the Department of English at the University of North Florida. He holds an MFA from the University of Tampa, but mostly, he just grade papers. His work has appeared in Spillway, Sugar House Review, Salt Hill Journal, The Summerset Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, and others. He has published two audio chapbooks: The Dream of Blue Moon Flowers and A Boy's Pirating Eye. Three of his poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWagner, Sara Moore:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sara Moore Wagner is the author of three prize winning full length books of poetry, Lady Wing Shot, winner of the 2023 Blue Lynx Prize (2024), Swan Wife (Cider Press Review Editors Prize, 2022), and Hillbilly Madonna (Driftwood Press, 2022), and of two chapbooks, Tumbling After (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2022) and Hooked Through (2017). She is also a 2022 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award recipient, a 2021 National Poetry Series Finalist, and the recipient of a 2019 Sustainable Arts Foundation award. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in many journals and anthologies including Gulf Coast, Smartish Pace, Waxwing, Beloit Poetry Journal, and North American Review, among others. In 2023, she became the Managing Poetry Editor of Driftwood Press.","brand":"Driftwood Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967147868434,"sku":"9781949065404","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b317b974-867d-4503-8b6f-af23198dba9d.jpg?v=1768927315","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/say-said-9781949065404","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}