{"product_id":"transit-poems-9781324117476","title":"Transit: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are all human and nonhuman on the move. The poems in \u003cem\u003eTransit\u003c\/em\u003e emerge from just such a walk through the world. In keenly observed verse, David Baker carries us across physical and emotional geographies, moving seamlessly from deep woods, city streets, and creek beds to the contours of his psyche and the larger cultural circumstances that mark off our lives. Several of the poems operate as field notes, drawn from Baker's work assessing bird migrations, streamflow, and geological movements alongside environmental scientists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause of his ecological orientation, Baker's work is also grounded in a deep sense of home, which is captured in the double meaning of the collection's title. Each piece in the collection acts like the eyepiece of a surveyor's transit--a finely tuned short-range telescope, intricately balanced and calibrated to survey the surrounding geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough this lens, Baker pays studied attention to the topographies of the world around us and the terrain of the heart. Both an imaginative point of departure and a love letter to familiar places, \u003cem\u003eTransit\u003c\/em\u003e poses poignant questions about what we seek as we find our way through the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaker, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Baker\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, critic, and educator. He has received honors from the Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Society of America, and more. Baker lives in Granville, Ohio, where he is emeritus professor of English at Denison University.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864349770002,"sku":"9781324117476","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8556c69f-9ed5-480f-8532-9e493ffafabd.jpg?v=1767786439","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/transit-poems-9781324117476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}