{"product_id":"the-least-cricket-of-evening-9780803234314","title":"The Least Cricket of Evening","description":"In the tradition of the meditative essay, the writing of Robert Vivian begins with a mundane moment and, through the delicate workings of curiosity, contemplation, and inspiration, reveals unsuspected meaning.\u003cbr\u003eIn his second collection of essays Vivian finds his occasions in midwestern towns and European cities. He looks for--and sometimes stumbles upon--the spiritual significance of circumstances and places and those who inhabit them, from the Jewish dead in a long-neglected cemetery in Poland to a dog slaughtered on a highway fronting the Black Sea to gunshots ringing out in rural Michigan. Again and again Vivian probes what such phenomena suggest about the times we live in--and what they share with every time that ever was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Vivian is a professor of English and creative writing at Alma College in Michigan and a core faculty member in the low-residency MFA program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. His stories, poems, and essays have appeared in numerous publications, and his plays have been produced in New York City. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCold Snap as Yearning\u003c\/i\u003e and the Tall Grass Trilogy, which includes \u003ci\u003eThe Mover of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLamb Bright Saviors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnother Burning Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, all available from the University of Nebraska Press.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523763278098,"sku":"9780803234314","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7472cd52-ece8-45cb-ac26-71d2ecde6a58.jpg?v=1731167536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-least-cricket-of-evening-9780803234314","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}