{"product_id":"crossing-the-great-divide-paperback","title":"Crossing the Great Divide - 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\u003eJean Feraca\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Brustein\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of the recent and critically acclaimed memoir, \u003ci\u003eI Hear Voices, \u003c\/i\u003e Jean Feraca is also an award-winning poet. Her second collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Great Divide, \u003c\/i\u003e has not been widely available until now but forms a fascinating counterpoint to the story of emergence she reveals in her memoir. Brilliant, passionate, sexual, these poems travel into mythic ancestral landscapes in southern Italy and Sicily, on a psychic journey of self-discovery, sometimes luminous, sometimes harrowing, leading ultimately to deliverance, as in the title poem of the collection: \"I shall live out my life rejoicingribboning under the jagged shadow of the hawk. There is no reason for this joyeagle-bald, knifing through me like a canyon. There is nothing in this landscape that defines me.\"\u003cbr\u003e(copyright Jean Feraca. All rights reserved.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Feraca is the author of three collections of poetry and the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Award, an Academy of American Poets Award, a Discovery Award from \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and two Hopwood Awards. Her newest book is \u003ci\u003eI Hear Voices: A Memoir of Love, Death, and the Radio\u003c\/i\u003e. A resident of Madison, Wisconsin, she is the Distinguished Senior Producer with Wisconsin Public Radio, where she is host and executive producer of \u003ci\u003eHere on Earth: Radio without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.93 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351247995129,"sku":"9781882280001","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/N0poVkNEVmh2RzdJUE85UWFRMkk1Zz09.webp?v=1769795861","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/crossing-the-great-divide-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}