{"product_id":"gods-silence-paperback","title":"God's Silence - 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\u003eFranz Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this luminous new collection of poems, Franz Wright expands on the spiritual joy he found in his Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eWalking to Martha's Vineyard\u003c\/i\u003e. Wright, whom we know as a poet of exquisite miniatures, opens \u003ci\u003eGod's Silence\u003c\/i\u003e with \"East Boston, 1996,\" a powerful long poem that looks back at the darker moments in the formation of his sensibility. He shares his private rules for bus riding (\"No eye contact: the eyes of the terrified \/ terrify\"), and recalls, among other experiences, his first encounter with a shotgun, as an eight-year-old boy (\"In a clearing in the cornstalks . . . it was suggested \/ that I fire \/ on that muttering family of crows\"). Throughout this volume, Wright continues his penetrating study of his own and our collective soul. He reaches a new level of acceptance as he intones the paradox \"I have heard God's silence like the sun,\" and marvels at our presumptions: We speak of Heaven who have not yet accomplishedeven this, the holiness of things precisely as they are, and never will Though Wright often seeks forgiveness in these poems, his black wit and self-deprecation are reliably present, and he delights in reminding us that \"literature will lose, sunlight will win, don't worry.\"But in this book, literature wins as well. \u003ci\u003eGod's Silence \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply felt celebration of what poetry (and its silences) can do for us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranz Wright was born in Vienna in 1953 and grew up in the Northwest, the Midwest, and Northern California. His most recent works include \u003ci\u003eIll Lit: Selected \u0026amp; New Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beforelife\u003c\/i\u003e (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), and \u003ci\u003eWalking to Martha's Vineyard\u003c\/i\u003e (which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry). He has been the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Fellowship, and the PEN\/Voelcker Prize, among other honors. He lives in Waltham, Massachusetts, with his wife, the translator and writer Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.42 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47333878628601,"sku":"9780375710810","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eQPN97ndn79780375710810.webp?v=1769642201","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/gods-silence-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}