{"product_id":"letters-to-borges-paperback-1","title":"Letters to Borges - 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\u003eStephen Kuusisto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kuusisto] is a powerful writer with a musical ear for language and a gift for emotional candor.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA talented writer judged against any standard.--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest-selling memoirist Stephen Kuusisto uses the themes of travel, place, religion, music, art, and loneliness to explore the relationship between seeing, blindness, and being. In poems addressed to Jorge Luis Borges--another poet who lived with blindness--Kuusisto leverages seeing as negative capability, creating intimacy with deep imagination and uncommon perceptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eToday I understood\u003cbr\u003eWhile drinking tea\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; hearing rain\u003cbr\u003eThat the word for birth\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; the one for sin\u003cbr\u003eCome from a single root\u003cbr\u003eIn Finnish -- that tongue they\u003cbr\u003eSpoke when I was small.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynnty\u003ci\u003e, untranslatable, \u003cbr\u003eOriginal sin nearly, \u003cbr\u003eBut softer, \u003cbr\u003eLike water\u003cbr\u003eCarried a long way\u003cbr\u003eIn a jar\u003cbr\u003eIn May.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Kuusisto\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, essayist, and memoirist. He is the author of two collections of poetry and two memoirs, including the best-selling \u003ci\u003ePlanet of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e (W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, 1998). A graduate from and former teacher at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Kuusisto now teaches at Syracuse University in New York State.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Kuusisto is a poet, memoirist and essayist. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, Kuusisto has been blind since birth, developing a gifted ear for rhythm, pace and sound. He attended Hobart College where he earned a BA and the University of Iowa, where he earned an MFA. He is the author of two collections of poetry and two memoirs, including the best-selling \"Planet of the Blind\" (1998). He teaches at the University of Iowa, where he holds dual appointments in the Writers' Workshop and the College of Medicine. His poetry and essays have appeared in \"The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Seneca Review, Partisan Review, \" and \"Poetry.\" He has been featured on National Public Radio, \"Dateline NBC, \" and \"The Oprah Winfrey Show.\" He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\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 February 26, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47333539479801,"sku":"9781556593864","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/R211THdVVTF0ckRva1o2aEtvdVUyZz09_2f6a1f85-217c-4a4d-97e6-b3852875429d.webp?v=1769639444","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/letters-to-borges-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}