{"product_id":"heard-hoard-paperback","title":"Heard-Hoard - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAtsuro Riley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, this collection of verse from Atsuro Riley offers a vivid weavework rendering and remembering an American place and its people\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Recognized for his \"wildly original\" poetry and his \"uncanny and unparalleled ability to blend lyric and narrative,\" Atsuro Riley deepens here his uncommon mastery and tang. In \u003ci\u003eHeard\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003eHoard\u003c\/i\u003e, Riley has \"razor-exacted\" and \"raw-wired\" an absorbing new sequence of poems, a vivid weavework rendering an American place and its people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once an album of tales, a portrait gallery, and a soundscape; an \"inscritched\" dirt-mural and hymnbook, \u003ci\u003eHeard-Hoard \u003c\/i\u003eencompasses a chorus of voices shot through with (mostly human) histories and mysteries, their \"old appetites as chronic as tides.\" From the crackling story-man calling us together in the primal circle to Tammy figuring \"time and time \u003ci\u003ethat yonder oak\u003c\/i\u003e,\" this collection is a profound evocation of lives and loss and lore.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtsuro Riley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHeard-Hoard\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, a finalist for PEN America's Voelcker Poetry Award, a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2021, and a \u003ci\u003eBookworm \u003c\/i\u003eTop 10 Book of the Year. His 2010 book \u003ci\u003eRomey's Order\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the Whiting Award, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e Poetry Award, and the Witter Bynner Award from the Library of Congress. Riley's work has been honored with the Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship, the Pushcart Prize, and the Wood Prize given by \u003ci\u003ePOETRY\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Brought up in the South Carolina lowcountry, he lives in San Francisco. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8.98 x 7.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153232498823,"sku":"9780226833378","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f18be5ea6d81bdb5353ec4ea8dc664e1.webp?v=1733220033","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/heard-hoard-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}