{"product_id":"geography-of-hope-paperback","title":"Geography of Hope - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid J. Rothman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe West is a big place, and this is a rich book. Humor, love, nature, politics, and magic nestle within its lines, along with sadness, anger, regret, and grief. Yet even in confrontations with the darker side of things these poets are still speaking from a young country, describing lives which call out for words. Like all poets, they are imagining ways to live, which has to mean living in a given place, and therefore with each other. Further, although what brings them together in this anthology is a regional fact, all of the them aspire to put the best possible words in the best possible order, connecting this region to far more than itself. Simply by focusing human attention, putting pen to paper, and then sending their verses out into this place and the wider world, they fulfill a small part of Stegner's vision of the West as a geography of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn anthology of Colorado's Western Slope poets with backgrounds as diverse as their poetry. Humor, regret, nature, politics love and a dash of magic are all represented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid J. Rothman's most recent volumes of poetry both came out in 2013: \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Catapults\u003c\/i\u003e (White Violet) and \u003ci\u003ePart of the Darkness \u003c\/i\u003e(Entasis). A volume of essays about skiing, mountaineering and mountain towns, \u003ci\u003e Living the Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Conundrum), also came out in 2013. Rothman's previous volumes of poetry include \u003ci\u003eDominion of Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeauty at Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Elephant's Chiropractor\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Finalist for the Colorado Book Award, and he edited \u003ci\u003eThe Geography of Hope: Poets of Colorado's Western Slope\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also co-author, with the late Stanley Rothman and Stephen Powers, of a social science study, \u003ci\u003eHollywood's America: Social and Political Themes in Motion Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Crested Butte, Colorado. He is Editor of the Rocky Mountain Poetry Series, published by Conundrum Press. His poems, essays and scholarly work have appeared widely, in journals including \u003ci\u003eAppalachia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Hudson Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and scores of other newspapers, journals and periodicals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has worked extensively both as a teacher and as an arts and educational administrator. He has been a President of the Robinson Jeffers Association and serves on several non-profit boards in education and the arts, including the governing board of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). He has also served on a number of grant review panels for organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, the President's Council on the Arts and Humanities, and the Colorado Council on the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council. He has been a Colorado Statewide judge for Poetry Out Loud and has served as Poet in the Schools in Chatfield (CO) Senior High School.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46248432107655,"sku":"9780965715973","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/H52UAeHgUN9780965715973.webp?v=1792461062","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/geography-of-hope-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}