{"product_id":"as-is-poems-paperback","title":"As Is: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Spicher Kasdorf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs Is\u003c\/i\u003e gathers everyday poems written over time and mostly at the poet's home in the Ridge and Valley province of northern Appalachia. This work pays attention to the world as it is with curiosity, candor, and delight. Seeking connection with others and the earth and savoring the fine details of a messy life, these poems reckon with the demands of family, pandemic, aging, and loss even as they witness injustice, violence, environmental degradation, and climate crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Spicher Kasdorf \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eSleeping Preacher, Eve's Striptease, Poetry in America\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields\u003c\/i\u003e, a documentary project created in collaboration with photographer Steven Rubin. She has also published a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Body and the Book: Writing from a Mennonite Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and a biographical study, \u003ci\u003eFixing Tradition: Joseph W. Yoder, Amish American.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.8 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351116660985,"sku":"9780822967026","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MFRPTTBjTklmWWN4WmU5Q2FJQlRpdz09.webp?v=1769795232","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/as-is-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}