{"product_id":"turned-earth-poems-9780807183755","title":"Turned Earth: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003eTurned Earth, \u003c\/i\u003ethe fifth collection of poems by Brad Richard, offers a portrait of the artist as a grieving son who is also a husband, teacher, gardener, and attentive witness to our precarious world. Navigating life after his mother's death, the speaker uses memory and imagination to understand, as one poem's title declares, \"How I Came to This.\" Tender and trenchant, elegiac yet often livened by humor, Richard's poems affirm the sustaining power of hope and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrad Richard\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet based in New Orleans who has received honors from the Louisiana Division of the Arts and Poets \u0026amp; Writers. He is the author of four other books of poems, including \u003ci\u003eParasite Kingdom, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Tenth Gate Prize. In 2015, he was named Louisiana Artist of the Year.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186336530706,"sku":"9780807183755","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_27d611c7-3b61-4802-b41e-fedff0b7d5d5.jpg?v=1744621889","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/turned-earth-poems-9780807183755","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}