{"product_id":"elegy-owed-paperback-1","title":"Elegy Owed - 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\u003eBob Hicok\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award finalist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaterson Award for Literary Excellence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Hicok's getting at  in \u003ci\u003eElegy Owed\u003c\/i\u003e] is both the necessity and the inadequacy of language, the very bluntness of which (talk about a paradox) makes it all the more essential that we engage with it as a precision instrument, a force of clarity, of (at times) awful grace.--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A] fluid, absorbing new collection. . . . Highly recommended.--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen asked in an interview What would Bob Hicok launch from a giant sling shot? he answered Bob Hicok. \u003ci\u003eElegy Owed\u003c\/i\u003e--Hicok's eighth book--is an existential game of Twister in which the rules of mourning are broken and salvaged, and you can never step into the same not going home again twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Notes for a time capsule: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe twig in. I'll put the twig in I carry in my pocket\u003cbr\u003eand my pocket and my eye, my left eye. A cup\u003cbr\u003eof the Ganges and the bacteria from shit\u003cbr\u003ein the Ganges and the anyway ablutions of rainbow-\u003cbr\u003erobed Hindus in the Ganges. The dawnline of the mountain\u003cbr\u003ewith contrail above like an accent in a language\u003cbr\u003etoo large for my mouth. A mirror\u003cbr\u003eso whoever opens the past will see themselves\u003cbr\u003ein the past and fall back from their face\u003cbr\u003espeaking to them across centuries or hours\u003cbr\u003eor the nearnevers . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Hicok\u003c\/b\u003e's worked as an automotive die designer and a computer system administrator before becoming an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech. He lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Hicok: Bob Hicok's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Poetry, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe American Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eThis Clumsy Living\u003c\/i\u003e (Univ. Pittsburgh, 2007), which was awarded the 2008 Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress, and \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Light\u003c\/i\u003e (Univ. Wisconsin, 1995), which was named a Notable Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eBooklist.\u003c\/i\u003e Hicok has worked as an automotive die designer and a computer system administrator, and is currently an Associate Professor of English at Virginia Tech. He lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47332834181369,"sku":"9781556594380","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dmJXajUzckkzNjlYOC9WUHUvb29KUT09_c2220944-2591-4c74-8bbb-916ab32d9543.webp?v=1769634631","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/elegy-owed-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}