{"product_id":"third-class-relics-paperback-2","title":"Third-Class Relics - 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\u003eScott Dalgarno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLana Hechtman Ayers\u003c\/b\u003e (Selected by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pleasures provided by Scott Dalgarno's \u003cem\u003eThird-Class Relics \u003c\/em\u003eare abundant. In evidence are a discerning mind, a musical ear, a witty intellect, and a bruised but open heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith precise diction, compelling narratives, and smooth, inviting language, Dalgarno examines a wide array of subjects. Here is a poet at ease with unease. In one poem, he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edefines limbo as a place where \"Kettle never boils; dog circles \/ and circles but never lies down.\" In another, he addresses an \"unrealized\" zygote this way: \"Your not being here \/ is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeverywhere.\" For me, a good poem both entertains and disturbs, the latter by shaking us from complacency. Scott Dalgarno's book is filled with such poems. \u003cem\u003eThird-Class Relics\u003c\/em\u003e is a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst-class triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Andrea Hollander, author of \u003cem\u003eAnd Now, Nowhere But Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There go the swallows \/ taking it out on the morning,\" writes Dalgarno, whose collection is a stirring portrayal of a life pulled in to focus. The poems in \u003cem\u003eThird-Class Relics\u003c\/em\u003e ask us to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereckon with the lyric tension of our lives in the metaphoric borderland of so many kinds of rapture. It arrives with a fresh and clear voice that invites its reader to remember they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare always already a viewer, a visitor, and a voyeur, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Meg Day, author of \u003cem\u003eLast Psalm at Sea Level\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353492898041,"sku":"9798989948802","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/oXBJOh_zKt9798989948802.webp?v=1769824990","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/third-class-relics-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}