{"product_id":"character-shoes-paperback-1","title":"Character Shoes - 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\u003eKate Light\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharacter Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e, Kate Light's posthumous collection, exhilarates and enchants like a command performance. The gifts and the curse of the young Sleeping Beauty in Tchaikovski's ballet (\"Some fairy picked\/ and pricked her for all time\") become a metaphor for the initial spark of inspiration within the child whose life would be spent in the performing arts. Whether Light's subject is the pursuit and performance of onstage excellence, the power of love for good or ill, or the joys and challenges of wordsmithing, the poems of this beloved New York City Opera violinist are always entertaining and enlightening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eCHARACTER SHOES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Light published her first three books in a little less than ten years, which perhaps did not allow enough time for those of us who read her work then to realize just how original a poet Kate was, in her intricate music, her uncommon measures, her unsparingly personal matter. Now we have her fourth book of poems and sonnets, \u003cem\u003eCharacter Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e, a posthumous work that gathers most of the lyric poems she wrote in the years after those books appeared. One can only hope that many new readers will be drawn to this most personal of poets and share her work for its grace, courage, and elegance.\u003cbr\u003e -- Charles Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever their subjects--childhood recollections, a trip to Italy, the life of a dancer and musician, relationships both happy and unhappy, or language itself--the poems of \u003cem\u003eCharacter Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e are distinguished throughout by the sparkling wit, mastery of craft, and depth of feeling that inform Kate Light's unique body of work. The last poem in this last book of hers begins, \"Words, we ask so much of you.\" What she asked of the words she chose was answered in the form of these beautiful and memorable poems.\u003cbr\u003e -- Michael Palma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCharacter Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e, we see how early engagement with the arts fired Kate Light with an unquenchable creative flame. Light's instantly recognizable voice is conversational and most often informally formal. Add the twists and turns of a mind in the act of thinking, wit, drama, dialogue, and the voltage of rhyme and you have the strategies that are her second nature. The one word not to be found in this book is cancer. It is, indeed, a book of life. Everyday life makes its appearance in the animated camaraderie of an opera rehearsal, train rides, portraits of people met, and musings on how technology has changed the course of courtship. There is another relationship that Light holds dear: that with the reader. How good it is to say that this relationship endures.\u003cbr\u003e -- Suzanne Noguere (from the foreword)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Light's works include three previous volumes of poetry: \u003cem\u003eGravity's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Donald Justice Award), \u003cem\u003eOpen Slowly\u003c\/em\u003e (Zoo Press), and \u003cem\u003eThe Laws of Falling Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Nicholas Roerich Prize). Her poetry has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eHudson Review, Washington Post Book World, Feminist Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eDark Horse, Mezzo-Camin\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eFormalist, Evansville Review, New York Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, the anthologies \u003cem\u003eWestern Wind, Villanelles, Obsession: Sestinas in the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoetry Daily, The Penguin Book of the Sonnet\u003c\/em\u003e, Garrison Keillor's \u003cem\u003eGood Poems for Hard Times\u003c\/em\u003e among other publications, and was featured in the Durham, NC, \"Poetry on the Bus\" series, as well as several times on Keillor's the \u003cem\u003eWriters Almanac\u003c\/em\u003e. Author of several multi-genre works, including libretti and lyrics, she read widely, taught at Hunter College, and was also a professional violinist. Kate died on April 13, 2016, of complications from breast cancer.\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 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176541110521,"sku":"9781773490243","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tOuYoxyl4Y9781773490243_f6265734-50e3-4ead-9810-ab01a9d0170a.webp?v=1767683281","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/character-shoes-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}