{"product_id":"needville-paperback","title":"Needville - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara M. Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Robinson has written a fierce and moving lament for all that has been taken - from the people, from their\u003cbr\u003e communities, and from the mountains themselves. \u003cstrong\u003e- BARBARA FREESE\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e environmental attorney, energy policy analyst, and author the\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book, \u003cem\u003eCOAL: A Human History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Robinson's new poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eNeedville\u003c\/em\u003e, is reminiscent of Edgar Lee Master's \u003cem\u003eSpoon River Anthology, \u003c\/em\u003e an elegy for a fictional place. Robinson's small coal-mining community is a hard, dark world, \u003cbr\u003e and the people of this world are memorialized in their struggles, as beautiful and rugged as the mountains\u003cbr\u003e around them. Both the townsfolk and the Appalachianmountains \"give birth, \/ but it is rough, not pretty --\u003cbr\u003e \/furious, helpless \u0026amp; everlasting.\" With these poems Robinson asks to not look away from the high price extracted with each load of coal, to see that \"Truth is a river\/that coils around trees \u0026amp; stumps\/clear as coal is black.\" \u003cstrong\u003e- RITA SIMS QUILLEN, author of \u003cem\u003eWayland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Mad Farmer's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo many voices smolder in Sara Robinson's ambitious new collection. Evoking a fictional coal town named Needville, she channels exploited miners; dying canaries; guilty consumers of coal-fueled electricity; and even the voices of mountains themselves. \"How are poets like geologists?\" one poem asks. Robinson's answer is to take the long view, probing the mighty forces that shape us. This powerful book treats its subject\u003cbr\u003e with precision, compassion, and not a little fire. \u003cstrong\u003e- LESLEY WHEELER, author of \u003cem\u003eRadioland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe State She's In\u003c\/em\u003e, Henry S. Fox Professor of English, Poetry Editor of Shenandoah, Washington \u0026amp; Lee University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42104503271559,"sku":"9781942882039","price":20.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/56a7d283870e5e9cca7fdc7b52da9b74.webp?v=1732424880","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/needville-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}