{"product_id":"stopover-paperback-2","title":"Stopover - 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\u003eRikki Santer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Many years ago, when I first traveled through Yellow Springs, Ohio, the home of Antioch College, I felt a strange \u003cem\u003eTwilight-Zone \u003c\/em\u003epresence in that Sunday-morning vacant town. The inn's proprietor was not surprised because \"upstairs Rod Serling taught class.\" I felt the vibe. Now, I'm catching that vibe again with Rikki Santer's \u003cem\u003eStopover\u003c\/em\u003e, her poetic riffs on Sterling's \u003cem\u003eTwilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e, which takes the series to another dimension, where the allegories are soft reminders of our humanity, our vulnerability, and our innocence. Our enjoyment is seeing episodes with \"no moral, no message, no prophetic tract\/just a suit of armor held together by one bolt\/call it faith.\" She soars, for instance, when she shares the bird's-eye view of Mickey Rooney as a washed-up jockey, condensing the aging loser in a prison-like room with \"walls closing in as your consonants rattled, your character out of his mind with shortness, neon gel of your ranting, nighty night.\" Rikki and Rod parse the lonely life of a has-been: Rod's washed-up jockey and Rooney's seedy actor with \"frayed pockets: king high, ace low.\" In her cento poem, she uses Serling's voice in a fantastic world full of question marks and leavened by the possibility but never the reality of bromides. Rikki Santer's poetic appreciation of \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e series embraces for our consideration cynicism about our intentions and unconditional love for our imperfection. Enter her lyrical zone to enjoy Serling's simple tales as the stuff of poetry. If you think humankind to be masterfully in charge, then Rikki and Rod will remind you that we are doomed to be served on a platter by those who know we deserve it.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -John DeSando, producer and host of \u003cem\u003eIt'sMovie Time\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eCinema Classics\u003c\/em\u003e as well as podcasts \u003cem\u003eBack Talk\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDouble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Take\u003c\/em\u003e for NPR's WCBE 90.5 FM, Columbus, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352538988793,"sku":"9781952411748","price":18.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dGdLMjkvcEdqS01uVzFjYXhQcFg3Zz09_e49ed767-87b6-485c-bf11-c95544c2c52a.webp?v=1769811177","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/stopover-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}