{"product_id":"book-of-beginnings-and-ends-paperback","title":"Book of Beginnings and Ends - 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\u003eChristopher Howell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a gift when a poet of the highest order turns his full attention to the oncoming twilight. In Book of Beginnings and Ends, we witness and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epartake in what Wallace Stevens called \"the intensest rendezvous\"─an exquisitely-tuned imagination walking toward death \"carrying myself in my\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earms as though I were a child.\" With mastery, humility, and edges of humor, Christopher Howell leads us through memory to mystery. Sometimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ememory is so close it's present tense. And sometimes the present strains to materialize amid signs that \"the ultimate erasure, which we have earned, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis upon us.\" This is a profound and profoundly moving collection by one of our country's essential poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHRISTOPHER HOWELL has received the Washington State Governor's Award, the Washington State Book Award, two fellowships from National Endowment for the Arts, two from the Artist Trust, and a number of other fellowships and awards, including three \u003ci\u003ePushcart \u003c\/i\u003eprizes. His poems, essays, and interviews may be found in many journals and in more than forty-five anthologies. He lives in Spokane, where he is a member of Eastern Washington University's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing faculty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352049598713,"sku":"9781622882335","price":28.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MWhiQkNJMitnYm04ZzhEU0VVQ2gzQT09.webp?v=1769805465","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/book-of-beginnings-and-ends-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}