{"product_id":"midwest-hymns-paperback","title":"Midwest Hymns - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDale Cottingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttuned to \"temporary states of grace,\" in beauties of the prairie and wide horizon so often dismissed as \"flyover country,\" and to a sense of community perhaps engendered by the landscape, \"If I stood naked under my clothes, \/ I wasn't alone,\" these hauntingly lovely poems offer solace, as their characters accept inevitable losses, graced by their appreciation and a generosity which invites readers to sit, where \"Each now is a new now, \/ teeming as every bladed leaf, \/ flower and seed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-April Ossmann, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvent Boundaries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwest Hymns, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Dale Cottingham more than meets his \"self-imposed task to examine that ground, \/ view sun flecks on rock, imagine \/ dust raising an aura in mid-afternoon.\" His precise attention to the scent, sound, and mood of winds, for instance, both literal and emotional, evoke a nuanced Midwest vividly in this moving paean. With quiet, compelling accuracy, he conflates the land, the people, and himself. He knows \"the rich aroma \/ of native soil with its \/ hint of tartness\" and renders it deftly, in \"a clear, level light.\" Like Edward Hopper, Cottingham renders a cast of individuals, in their profound isolation, with understated love. There is quiet confidence here that rewards the reader and a restrained language of longing that honors the complexities of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl as Birch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42176947421319,"sku":"9781639802340","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7d61fbc270fed6400334829e0dd3c4be.webp?v=1733393800","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/midwest-hymns-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}