{"product_id":"honest-engine-poems-paperback","title":"Honest Engine: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyle Dargan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this his fourth collection, award-winning poet Kyle Dargan examines the mechanics of the heart and mind as they are weathered by loss. Following a spate of deaths among family and friends, Dargan chooses to present not color-negative elegies but self-portraits that capture what of these departed figures remains within him. Amid this processing of mortality, it becomes clear that he has arrived at a turning point as a writer and a man. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the title suggests, Dargan aspires toward an unflinching honesty. These poems do not purport to possess life's answers or seek to employ language to mask what they do not know. Dargan confesses as a means of reaching out to the nomadic human soul and inviting it to accompany him on a walk toward the unknown.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKYLE DARGAN's poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eLogorrhea Dementia: A Self-Diagnosis\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia); \u003ci\u003eBouquet of Hungers\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia), which received the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award; and \u003ci\u003eThe Listening\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia), which was a winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. He is the former managing editor of \u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e and the founder and current editor of \u003ci\u003ePOST NO ILLS\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He is an associate professor of literature and creative writing at American University.\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 0.23 x 8.3 x 6.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42174802952327,"sku":"9780820347288","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8c9fa0dd682425b15a0ccc198c5425fe.webp?v=1733376913","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/honest-engine-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}