{"product_id":"wind-trees-paperback","title":"Wind, Trees - 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\u003eJohn Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA politically urgent yet timeless collection that studies\u003cbr\u003ethe devastating failings of humanity and the redemptive possibilities of love.\u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWind, Trees, \u003c\/i\u003e John Freeman presents a meditation on\u003cbr\u003epower and loss, change and adaptation. What can the trees teach us about\u003cbr\u003einhabiting space together? What might we gain if we admit we do not control the\u003cbr\u003ewind, and cannot possibly carry all we've been handed? Offering a stark moral critique\u003cbr\u003eof pandemic self-preservation--as \"justifications grew \/ with greed like vines \/\u003cbr\u003eup the side of a tree \/ taking everything\"--\u003ci\u003eWind, Trees\u003c\/i\u003e joins the ranks\u003cbr\u003eof politically urgent yet timeless collections like \u003ci\u003eThe Lice\u003c\/i\u003e by W.S.\u003cbr\u003eMerwin. Through narrative lyric and metaphysical pulse, meandering thought and\u003cbr\u003epunctuating quiet, Freeman studies the devastating failings of humanity and the\u003cbr\u003eredemptive possibilities of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Freeman is the author of \u003cem\u003eDictionary of the Undoing \u003c\/em\u003eseveral other books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Park \u003c\/em\u003e(Copper Canyon, 2020), and \u003cem\u003eThere's a Revolution Outside My Life (2021), \u003c\/em\u003eco-edited with Tracy K Smith. The founder of the literary annual \u003cem\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/em\u003e, he is an executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf. His latest books are \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story \u003c\/em\u003e(Penguin, 2021), and \u003cem\u003eThe Wind, Trees \u003c\/em\u003e(Copper Canyon, 2022)\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e a collection of poems. His work has been translated into over twenty languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352157831417,"sku":"9781556596483","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZUhjaTJwUFlKOWZKUWsrQWlNQzFlQT09.webp?v=1769805656","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/wind-trees-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}