{"product_id":"time-remaining-body-odes-praise-songs-oddities-amazements-9781571315748","title":"Time Remaining: Body Odes, Praise Songs, Oddities, Amazements","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exuberant collection celebrating the body and the soul of language, wringing delights and amazements out of the latter years of life.\u003c\/b\u003eIn his seventh decade and seventh full length collection, poet James P. Lenfestey dazzles with a suite of odes to parts of the body--heart, belly, ankle, teeth, ears, and more--and astonishment at the powers of language: \"the sound of 'n, '\" our ancient alphabet, \"the terror of publishing.\" Known for his exuberant Chinese-style lyrics, now inspired by Neruda's cascading \u003ci\u003eElemental Odes\u003c\/i\u003e, Lenfestey praises Hewlett and Packard, Bruce Springsteen, \"the language of crow,\" fruit flies, and cabbages while recalling the \"forgiveness of the Catbird\" and random acts of kindness, all with his superb ear for sound, rhythm, and leaping figurative language.Rhythmic, jovial, and eminently approachable, this collection embraces the Cetacean mind and the fearless left hand. Here, Lenfestey writes love songs to the world \"as it really is: bizarro, curious, inelegant, unclean, \/ unfaithful, filled with delight.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames P. Lenfestey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSeeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, a Minnesota Book Award finalist, and multiple collections of essays and poems, including \u003ci\u003eA Marriage Book\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the editor of multiple anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eRobert Bly in This World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLenfestey is a former college English instructor, alternative school administrator, marketing communications consultant, and editorial writer for the \u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, where he won several Page One awards for excellence. As a journalist, he covers education, energy policy, and climate science. He is chair of the Literary Witnesses poetry series, teaches at the Mackinac Island Poetry Festival, and lives in Minneapolis with his wife.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899397607698,"sku":"9781571315748","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e9f1e45c-c769-4286-87aa-0dafa71dfd3f.jpg?v=1738353578","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/time-remaining-body-odes-praise-songs-oddities-amazements-9781571315748","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}