{"product_id":"walking-backwards-paperback-2","title":"Walking Backwards: Poems 1966-2016 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Koethe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollected poems from America's searching and thoughtful philosopher-poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. . . There\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es something\u003cbr\u003eComforting about rituals renewed, even adolescents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e pipe dreams: \u003cbr\u003eThey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ell find out soon enough, and meanwhile find their places\u003cbr\u003eIn the eternal scenery, less auguries or cautionary tales \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThan parts of an unchanging whole, as ripe for contemplation\u003cbr\u003eAs a planisphere or the clouds: the vexed destinies, the shared life, \u003cbr\u003eThe sempiternal spectacle of someone preaching to the choir\u003cbr\u003eWhile walking backwards in the moment on a warm spring afternoon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Koethe's poems--always dynamic and in process, never static or complete--luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. Gathering for the first time his impressive and award-winning body of work, published between 1966 and 2016, \u003ci\u003eWalking Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e introduces this gifted poet to a new, wider readership.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Koethe\u003c\/b\u003e has published many books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eNorth Point North, The Swimmer, Falling Water\u003c\/i\u003e, and has received the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and the Frank O'Hara Award. He has also published books on Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophical skepticism, and poetry, and is the Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134154248327,"sku":"9780374538705","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e4fc87fdfad837835f3cb301f3766493.webp?v=1732639493","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/walking-backwards-paperback-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}