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{"id":7496995504217,"title":"The Village Blacksmith — Longfellow 1825","handle":"the-village-blacksmith-longfellow-1825","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Class of 1825\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA contemporary envisioning of a nineteenth-century poem pairs artwork by G. Brian Karas with the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow classic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHis brow is wet with honest sweat;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe earns whate’er he can, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd looks the whole world in the face,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor he owes not any man.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe neighborhood blacksmith is a quiet and unassuming presence, tucked in his smithy under the chestnut tree. Sturdy, generous, and with sadness of his own, he toils through the day, passing on the tools of his trade, and come evening, takes a well-deserved rest. Longfellow’s timeless poem is enhanced by G. Brian Karas’s thoughtful and contemporary art in this modern retelling of the tender tale of a humble craftsman. An afterword about the tools and the trade of blacksmithing will draw readers curious about this age-honored endeavor, which has seen renewed interest in developed countries and continues to be plied around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-04-29T16:52:55-04:00","created_at":"2024-02-08T14:40:34-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's","Poetry"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1699,"compare_at_price_min":1699,"compare_at_price_max":1699,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40896247267417,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA434-Longfellow","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Village Blacksmith — Longfellow 1825","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1699,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781536204438","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba434-longfellow-black.jpg?v=1707421236"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba434-longfellow-black.jpg?v=1707421236","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Village Blacksmith, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow","id":24726905749593,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba434-longfellow-black.jpg?v=1707421236"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/files\/wba434-longfellow-black.jpg?v=1707421236","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Class of 1825\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA contemporary envisioning of a nineteenth-century poem pairs artwork by G. Brian Karas with the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow classic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHis brow is wet with honest sweat;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe earns whate’er he can, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd looks the whole world in the face,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor he owes not any man.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe neighborhood blacksmith is a quiet and unassuming presence, tucked in his smithy under the chestnut tree. Sturdy, generous, and with sadness of his own, he toils through the day, passing on the tools of his trade, and come evening, takes a well-deserved rest. Longfellow’s timeless poem is enhanced by G. Brian Karas’s thoughtful and contemporary art in this modern retelling of the tender tale of a humble craftsman. An afterword about the tools and the trade of blacksmithing will draw readers curious about this age-honored endeavor, which has seen renewed interest in developed countries and continues to be plied around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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Now, for the first time in over twenty-five years, The Library of America offers a full-scale literary portrait of America’s greatest popular poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are the poems that created an American mythology: Evangeline in the forest primeval, Hiawatha by the shores of Gitche Gumee, the midnight ride of Paul Revere, the wreck of the Hesperus, the village blacksmith under the spreading chestnut tree, the strange courtship of Miles Standish, the maiden Priscilla and the hesitant John Alden; verses like “A Psalm of Life” and “The Children’s Hour,” whose phrases and characters have become part of the culture. Here as well, along with the public antislavery poems, are the sparer, darker lyrics—\"The Fire of Drift-Wood,\" “Mezzo Cammin,” “Snow-Flakes,” and many others—that show a more austere aspect of Longfellow’s poetic gift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErudite and fluent in many languages, Longfellow was endlessly fascinated with the byways of history and the curiosities of legend. As a verse storyteller he had no peer, whether in the great book-length narratives such as \u003ci\u003eEvangeline\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Hiawatha\u003c\/i\u003e (both included in full) or the stories collected in \u003ci\u003eTales of a Wayside Inn\u003c\/i\u003e (reprinted here in a generous selection). 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His works were extraordinary bestsellers for their era, achieving fame both here and abroad. Now, for the first time in over twenty-five years, The Library of America offers a full-scale literary portrait of America’s greatest popular poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are the poems that created an American mythology: Evangeline in the forest primeval, Hiawatha by the shores of Gitche Gumee, the midnight ride of Paul Revere, the wreck of the Hesperus, the village blacksmith under the spreading chestnut tree, the strange courtship of Miles Standish, the maiden Priscilla and the hesitant John Alden; verses like “A Psalm of Life” and “The Children’s Hour,” whose phrases and characters have become part of the culture. Here as well, along with the public antislavery poems, are the sparer, darker lyrics—\"The Fire of Drift-Wood,\" “Mezzo Cammin,” “Snow-Flakes,” and many others—that show a more austere aspect of Longfellow’s poetic gift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErudite and fluent in many languages, Longfellow was endlessly fascinated with the byways of history and the curiosities of legend. As a verse storyteller he had no peer, whether in the great book-length narratives such as \u003ci\u003eEvangeline\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Hiawatha\u003c\/i\u003e (both included in full) or the stories collected in \u003ci\u003eTales of a Wayside Inn\u003c\/i\u003e (reprinted here in a generous selection). His many poems on literary themes, such as his moving homages to Dante and Chaucer, his verse translations from Lope de Vega, Heinrich Heine, and Michelangelo, and his ambitious verse dramas, notably \u003ci\u003eThe New England Tragedies\u003c\/i\u003e (also complete), are remarkable in their range and ambition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a special feature, this volume restores to print Longfellow’s novel \u003ci\u003eKavanagh\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of small-town life and literary ambition that was praised by Emerson as an important contribution to the development of American fiction. A selection of essays rounds out of the volume and provides testimony of Longfellow’s concern with creating an American national literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554826309721,"title":"The Dove of Every Meanining — Wilson '81","handle":"the-dove-of-every-meanining-wilson-81","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Timothy Crawford Wilson, Class of 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Wilson captures the sweetness of words before they can escape and makes a spiritual wine that definitely refreshes the heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Steve Hemingway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T14:25:57-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T14:25:56-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1295,"compare_at_price_min":1295,"compare_at_price_max":1295,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293806641241,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA348-Wilson","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Dove of Every Meanining — Wilson '81","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1295,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781682731819","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba348-wilson-dove.jpg?v=1617387958"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba348-wilson-dove.jpg?v=1617387958","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Dove of Every Meaning, Poems by Timothy Wilson","id":20320585154649,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba348-wilson-dove.jpg?v=1617387958"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba348-wilson-dove.jpg?v=1617387958","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Timothy Crawford Wilson, Class of 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Wilson captures the sweetness of words before they can escape and makes a spiritual wine that definitely refreshes the heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Steve Hemingway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554814054489,"title":"Open Your Eyes — Thwing '64","handle":"open-your-eyes-thwing-64","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy William Thwing, Class of 1964\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen Your Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of 70 songs, poetry and experimental Haiku-like verse written by William C. Thwing, an American military intelligence officer whose medium of choice is poetry. It represents various styles of verse created over the past 50 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-29T11:34:55-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T14:09:05-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":2599,"price_min":2599,"price_max":2599,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2599,"compare_at_price_min":2599,"compare_at_price_max":2599,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293725638745,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA346","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Open Your Eyes — Thwing '64","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2599,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2599,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781605714820","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-thwing-open.jpg?v=1617386946"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-thwing-open.jpg?v=1617386946","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Open Your Eyes by William C. Thwing","id":20320538951769,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-thwing-open.jpg?v=1617386946"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-thwing-open.jpg?v=1617386946","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy William Thwing, Class of 1964\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen Your Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of 70 songs, poetry and experimental Haiku-like verse written by William C. Thwing, an American military intelligence officer whose medium of choice is poetry. It represents various styles of verse created over the past 50 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554798719065,"title":"Notes from a Nomad — Snyder '77","handle":"notes-from-a-nomad-snyder-77","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Sarah Dickenson Snyder, Class of 1977\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoet Sarah Dickenson Snyder moves between worlds as traveler and teacher — from the crowded streets of Hanoi, to Istanbul, Eleuthera, Machu Picchu, and Rwanda — where a woman sets down a heavy water jug, the scar on her arm \"a cracked map of what remains.\" Snyder's carefully observed \"earthbound stories\" teem with life as her lyrical voice plumbs the \"unsayable\" words, dust, and the \"billion trillion specks of light beyond our reach.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Wendy Drexler, \u003cem\u003eBefore There Was, Western Motel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T13:58:18-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T13:58:17-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1499,"compare_at_price_min":1499,"compare_at_price_max":1499,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293607936089,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA346-Snyder","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Notes from a Nomad — Snyder '77","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1499,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781635342048","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-snyder-notes.jpg?v=1617386344"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-snyder-notes.jpg?v=1617386344","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Notes from a Nomad, by Sarah Dickenson Snyder","id":20320508346457,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-snyder-notes.jpg?v=1617386344"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba346-snyder-notes.jpg?v=1617386344","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Sarah Dickenson Snyder, Class of 1977\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoet Sarah Dickenson Snyder moves between worlds as traveler and teacher — from the crowded streets of Hanoi, to Istanbul, Eleuthera, Machu Picchu, and Rwanda — where a woman sets down a heavy water jug, the scar on her arm \"a cracked map of what remains.\" Snyder's carefully observed \"earthbound stories\" teem with life as her lyrical voice plumbs the \"unsayable\" words, dust, and the \"billion trillion specks of light beyond our reach.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Wendy Drexler, \u003cem\u003eBefore There Was, Western Motel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554748223577,"title":"Waves from a Time-Zoned Brain — Simonds '57","handle":"waves-from-a-time-zoned-brain-simonds-57","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy John Simonds, Class of 1957\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rhythms and sounds of old thoughts in new settings have added to the meaning of experiences, some real, some dreamed, some a mix. All are from a brain subjected to waves of different kinds—magnetic resonance and nostalgia, a surrounding ocean, a childhood river.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T12:31:22-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T12:31:10-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1295,"compare_at_price_min":1295,"compare_at_price_max":1295,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293539614809,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA345-Simonds","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Waves from a Time-Zoned Brain — Simonds '57","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1295,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781438976822","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba345-simonds-waves.jpg?v=1617381072"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba345-simonds-waves.jpg?v=1617381072","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Waves from a Time-Zoned Brain, by John Simonds","id":20320325238873,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba345-simonds-waves.jpg?v=1617381072"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba345-simonds-waves.jpg?v=1617381072","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy John Simonds, Class of 1957\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rhythms and sounds of old thoughts in new settings have added to the meaning of experiences, some real, some dreamed, some a mix. All are from a brain subjected to waves of different kinds—magnetic resonance and nostalgia, a surrounding ocean, a childhood river.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":6554739212377,"title":"What You Know in Your Hands — Poliner '82","handle":"what-you-know-in-your-hands-poliner-82","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Poliner, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Poliner's poems are of painting, literature, and music, of family, memory, and loss. Whether set in Washington, D.C., the small Connecticut town of her childhood, or the coast of Maine, these poems speak with uncommon clarity and musicality as they explore the complexity of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T12:12:27-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T12:12:26-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1999,"price_min":1999,"price_max":1999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1999,"compare_at_price_min":1999,"compare_at_price_max":1999,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293527392345,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA343-Poliner","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"What You Know in Your Hands — Poliner '82","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1999,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781625491497","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"What You Know in Your Hands, Poems by Elizabeth Poliner","id":20320281854041,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-poliner-what.jpg?v=1617379948","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Elizabeth Poliner, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Poliner's poems are of painting, literature, and music, of family, memory, and loss. Whether set in Washington, D.C., the small Connecticut town of her childhood, or the coast of Maine, these poems speak with uncommon clarity and musicality as they explore the complexity of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554733477977,"title":"Venison — Moeckel '93","handle":"venison-moeckel-93","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Thorpe Moeckel, Class of 1993\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFood doesn't get any more local, cosmic, primitive, tasty, or disturbing than in this book-length, lyrical-meditative poem. At stake are no less than the origins and mysteries of flesh and touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T12:00:43-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T12:00:15-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1795,"compare_at_price_min":1795,"compare_at_price_max":1795,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293520543833,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA342-Moeckel","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Venison — Moeckel '93","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1795,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780981968711","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-moeckel-venison.jpg?v=1617379217"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-moeckel-venison.jpg?v=1617379217","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Venison by Thorpe Moeckel, Class of 1993","id":20320250036313,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-moeckel-venison.jpg?v=1617379217"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-moeckel-venison.jpg?v=1617379217","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eBy Thorpe Moeckel, Class of 1993\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFood doesn't get any more local, cosmic, primitive, tasty, or disturbing than in this book-length, lyrical-meditative poem. At stake are no less than the origins and mysteries of flesh and touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554730496089,"title":"Laughing Cult — McCaffrey '79","handle":"laughing-cult-mccaffrey-79","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Kevin McCaffrey, Class of 1979\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the spirit and approach of Bertolt Brecht's \u003ci\u003eManual of Piety\u003c\/i\u003e, the poems of \u003ci\u003eLaughing Cult\u003c\/i\u003e often employ the structures of ballads, folksongs, and other traditional forms to create miniature sketches marked by romantic ambiguity, occultism, science fiction, and quirky angst. As cool in tone as a Lee Konitz solo and as lacking in affect as pop art, this first collection includes numerous poems that have appeared on the \u003ci\u003eExquisite Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e website. To shape something aesthetically charged out of the spent elements and enervated thoughts of a slowly failing society: that's the challenge \u003ci\u003eLaughing Cult\u003c\/i\u003e has set for itself. These are two-dimensional poems for a one-dimensional age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T11:55:10-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T11:55:09-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1395,"price_min":1395,"price_max":1395,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1395,"compare_at_price_min":1395,"compare_at_price_max":1395,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293517398105,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA343-McCaffrey","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Laughing Cult — McCaffrey '79","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1395,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1395,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781940423005","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-mccaffrey-laugh.jpg?v=1617378911"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-mccaffrey-laugh.jpg?v=1617378911","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Laughing Cult, Poems by Kevin McCaffrey","id":20320237551705,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-mccaffrey-laugh.jpg?v=1617378911"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba343-mccaffrey-laugh.jpg?v=1617378911","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Kevin McCaffrey, Class of 1979\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the spirit and approach of Bertolt Brecht's \u003ci\u003eManual of Piety\u003c\/i\u003e, the poems of \u003ci\u003eLaughing Cult\u003c\/i\u003e often employ the structures of ballads, folksongs, and other traditional forms to create miniature sketches marked by romantic ambiguity, occultism, science fiction, and quirky angst. As cool in tone as a Lee Konitz solo and as lacking in affect as pop art, this first collection includes numerous poems that have appeared on the \u003ci\u003eExquisite Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e website. To shape something aesthetically charged out of the spent elements and enervated thoughts of a slowly failing society: that's the challenge \u003ci\u003eLaughing Cult\u003c\/i\u003e has set for itself. These are two-dimensional poems for a one-dimensional age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554728595545,"title":"Prospect of Release — Mandel '71","handle":"prospect-of-release-mandel-71","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Tom Mandel, Class of 1971\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese 50 poems, 700 lines (neither number divisible by three), confront self, other, identity, loss, history, language and meaning through the most concrete instance we have of what poststructuralists call \"an absent presence\" — the death of a parent. This loss of apparent meaning (who gave you your name?) doubles (this father arrived by marriage, already a rhyme for the dead blood kin that came before), invoking tradition, transmission, instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T11:50:29-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T11:50:28-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1295,"price_min":1295,"price_max":1295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1295,"compare_at_price_min":1295,"compare_at_price_max":1295,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293515399257,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA342-Mandel","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Prospect of Release — Mandel '71","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1295,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0925904112","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-mandel-prosp.jpg?v=1617378630"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-mandel-prosp.jpg?v=1617378630","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Prospect of Release by Tom Mandel","id":20320223625305,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-mandel-prosp.jpg?v=1617378630"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba342-mandel-prosp.jpg?v=1617378630","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Tom Mandel, Class of 1971\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese 50 poems, 700 lines (neither number divisible by three), confront self, other, identity, loss, history, language and meaning through the most concrete instance we have of what poststructuralists call \"an absent presence\" — the death of a parent. This loss of apparent meaning (who gave you your name?) doubles (this father arrived by marriage, already a rhyme for the dead blood kin that came before), invoking tradition, transmission, instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554700939353,"title":"Alchemy of Awakening — Hobin '82","handle":"alchemy-of-awakening-hobin-82","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lynn Hobin, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlchemy of Awakening\u003c\/em\u003e is a window into the author's life during the time it was transformed from a carefully planned life into one more in alignment with her authentic self, and consistent with that which she came into being to do. A life-altering event was placed in her path enabling her to become conscious of universal truths rather than limited to the pre-defined individual truths she had always lived by. These poems and conversations came to her as the world she thought she knew was being shattered to reveal a new reality. In these poems, the author shares an intimate and moving account associated with the process of shedding layers of beliefs that no longer served her evolution or true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T10:52:45-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T10:52:23-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1595,"price_min":1595,"price_max":1595,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1595,"compare_at_price_min":1595,"compare_at_price_max":1595,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293463789657,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA341-Hobin","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Alchemy of Awakening — Hobin '82","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781387212415","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba341-hobin-alchemy.jpg?v=1617375160"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba341-hobin-alchemy.jpg?v=1617375160","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Alchemy of Awakening by Lynn Hobin","id":20320073515097,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba341-hobin-alchemy.jpg?v=1617375160"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba341-hobin-alchemy.jpg?v=1617375160","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lynn Hobin, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlchemy of Awakening\u003c\/em\u003e is a window into the author's life during the time it was transformed from a carefully planned life into one more in alignment with her authentic self, and consistent with that which she came into being to do. A life-altering event was placed in her path enabling her to become conscious of universal truths rather than limited to the pre-defined individual truths she had always lived by. These poems and conversations came to her as the world she thought she knew was being shattered to reveal a new reality. In these poems, the author shares an intimate and moving account associated with the process of shedding layers of beliefs that no longer served her evolution or true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554666926169,"title":"Natural Sustenance — Fleck '58","handle":"natural-sustenance-fleck-58","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Nick Fleck, Class of 1958\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNick Fleck is a retired high school teacher. He spends much of his time sauntering in the open spaces and woods wherever he lives, and especially in unsettled areas on Moosehead Lake in Maine. He has been influenced by the words and wandering of Thoreau and feels that he is not apart from the flora and fauna of our planet, but rather a part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T10:40:38-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T10:40:29-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1700,"price_min":1700,"price_max":1700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1700,"compare_at_price_min":1700,"compare_at_price_max":1700,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293424271449,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA340-Fleck","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Natural Sustenance — Fleck '58","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1700,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1700,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780983334491","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba340-fleck-natur.jpg?v=1617374432"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba340-fleck-natur.jpg?v=1617374432","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Natural Sustenance, Selected Poems by Nick Fleck.","id":20320046088281,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba340-fleck-natur.jpg?v=1617374432"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba340-fleck-natur.jpg?v=1617374432","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Nick Fleck, Class of 1958\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNick Fleck is a retired high school teacher. He spends much of his time sauntering in the open spaces and woods wherever he lives, and especially in unsettled areas on Moosehead Lake in Maine. He has been influenced by the words and wandering of Thoreau and feels that he is not apart from the flora and fauna of our planet, but rather a part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554612301913,"title":"Life Watch — Barnstone '48","handle":"life-watch-barnstone-48","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Willis Barnstone, Class of 1948, Honorary Degree 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Watch: A Circle of Ninety-One Nights \u003c\/i\u003eis an ambitious sequence of poems that begins in childhood, moves through Barnstone’s adult years, and returns to youth. The poems engage and reflect on the civil wars that the author found himself in the midst of, Mexican orphanages, the cafes and arts salons in Paris, and walking with Borges. As the circles of these poems widen, they gather many perspectives on a life watched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-02T10:27:11-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-02T10:26:18-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1395,"price_min":1395,"price_max":1395,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1395,"compare_at_price_min":1395,"compare_at_price_max":1395,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39293358964825,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA339-Barnstone","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Life Watch — Barnstone '48","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1395,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1395,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"1929918364","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba339-barnstone-life.jpg?v=1617373627"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba339-barnstone-life.jpg?v=1617373627","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Life Watch, Poems by Willis Barnstone","id":20320012828761,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba339-barnstone-life.jpg?v=1617373627"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba339-barnstone-life.jpg?v=1617373627","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Willis Barnstone, Class of 1948, Honorary Degree 1981\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Watch: A Circle of Ninety-One Nights \u003c\/i\u003eis an ambitious sequence of poems that begins in childhood, moves through Barnstone’s adult years, and returns to youth. The poems engage and reflect on the civil wars that the author found himself in the midst of, Mexican orphanages, the cafes and arts salons in Paris, and walking with Borges. As the circles of these poems widen, they gather many perspectives on a life watched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6554152894553,"title":"Cartographer of Crumpled Maps — Pérez '04","handle":"cartographer-of-crumpled-maps-perez-04","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jonathan Andrew P\u003cspan id=\"titleId\" data-title-id=\"71420619\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eérez, Class of 2004\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"71420619\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan Andrew Perez's \u003cem\u003eThe Cartographer of Crumpled Maps\u003c\/em\u003e cleverly subverts and displaces the idyllic essence of the pastoral in service of an ethics society has consistently betrayed. 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Through his criminal justice pastorals, odes that mirror elegies, and subverted definitions Pérez excavates America's haunting past and finds language for us to challenge, discuss, and heal from the atrocities committed to our society's most vulnerable and marginalized people. I celebrate and am charged by this poet's generous, and fearless debut. \u003cstrong\u003e--Jorrell Watkins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan Perez's \u003cem\u003eThe Cartographer of Crumpled Maps \u003c\/em\u003eis a challenging and insightful new collection that reckons with the injustices currently so pervasive in our world. Addressing catastrophes both moral and environmental, Perez's poems turn our attention from the particular instance back out to the broader context from which it springs, alerting us through his intuitive uses of spacing and line breaks to the particularly linguistic features that mark a troubled age. Seamlessly blending vocabularies drawn from the law and from the natural world, \u003cem\u003eThe Cartographer of Crumpled Maps\u003c\/em\u003e shows us again and again how, in a culture devoid of justice and divested from ecological responsibility, \"All is buried beneath the landscape of nolo contendere.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Stu Watson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA geologist of US imperialism, Pérez reads history's striations with a ruthless eye, but not without hope. His incantations mine the pastoral tradition, shifting earth so that we might witness for ourselves the unnatural life of injustice. \u003cstrong\u003e--Roy Pérez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}

{"id":6554102988889,"title":"Mexico in My Heart — Barnstone '48","handle":"mexico-in-my-heart-barnstone-48","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Willis Barnstone, Class of 1948\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"32778271\" id=\"titleId\"\u003eWillis Barnstone is a literature in himself: poet, translator, interpreter, in one year he can range from Jesus to Sappho and Borges with calm authority and good humour. He re-translates the New Testament in a version Harold Bloom describes as 'a superb act of restoration'. Borges himself declared, 'Four of the best things in America are Whitman's Leaves, Melville's Whale, the sonnets of Barnstone's The Secret Reader, and my daily Corn Flakes...' \u003ci\u003eMexico in My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential Barnstone, drawing on fifteen collections, poetry from six decades of writing and from several continents. He went to Mexico at the age of fifteen and, gathering languages and literatures, has never stopped learning. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"32778271\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-01T15:07:06-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-01T15:06:28-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":2399,"price_min":2399,"price_max":2399,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2399,"compare_at_price_min":2399,"compare_at_price_max":2399,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39291755987033,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA337-Barnstone","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mexico in My Heart — Barnstone '48","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2399,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2399,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781784100148","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba337-barnstone-mexico.jpg?v=1617304018"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba337-barnstone-mexico.jpg?v=1617304018","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Mexico in My Heart, New \u0026 Selected Poems by Willis Barnstone 1948","id":20318900387929,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba337-barnstone-mexico.jpg?v=1617304018"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba337-barnstone-mexico.jpg?v=1617304018","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Willis Barnstone, Class of 1948\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"32778271\" id=\"titleId\"\u003eWillis Barnstone is a literature in himself: poet, translator, interpreter, in one year he can range from Jesus to Sappho and Borges with calm authority and good humour. He re-translates the New Testament in a version Harold Bloom describes as 'a superb act of restoration'. Borges himself declared, 'Four of the best things in America are Whitman's Leaves, Melville's Whale, the sonnets of Barnstone's The Secret Reader, and my daily Corn Flakes...' \u003ci\u003eMexico in My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential Barnstone, drawing on fifteen collections, poetry from six decades of writing and from several continents. He went to Mexico at the age of fifteen and, gathering languages and literatures, has never stopped learning. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"32778271\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":6543891202137,"title":"Songs and Dreams — Reilly '71","handle":"songs-and-dreams-reilly-71","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Neill Reilly, Class of 1971\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a correlation between waking experiences in a sleep state and inner experiences in a waking state. Both involve awakened consciousness. The songs in this volume are halting attempts to put into words inner events that are experienced in a waking consciousness. Inner experiences are filtered into images, ideas, and feelings, which are then translated into words. This derivative process condenses activity into words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe polar opposite process must happen for you, the reader. If these words resonate when read, they then recreate images, ideas, and feelings. In this way, it is possible for the writer and the reader to experience a very similar inner activity. The creative process of each reader has a life of its own. Ironically, as individuals we create our own unique inner activity, which can lead to a universal experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-11T15:21:18-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-11T15:20:55-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Poetry"],"price":1800,"price_min":1800,"price_max":1800,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1800,"compare_at_price_min":1800,"compare_at_price_max":1800,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39268217585753,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA326-Reilly","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Songs and Dreams — Reilly '71","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1800,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1800,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781584209621","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba326-reilly-songs.jpg?v=1615494075"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba326-reilly-songs.jpg?v=1615494075","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Songs and Dreams, by Neill Reilly","id":20266537615449,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba326-reilly-songs.jpg?v=1615494075"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba326-reilly-songs.jpg?v=1615494075","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Neill Reilly, Class of 1971\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a correlation between waking experiences in a sleep state and inner experiences in a waking state. Both involve awakened consciousness. The songs in this volume are halting attempts to put into words inner events that are experienced in a waking consciousness. Inner experiences are filtered into images, ideas, and feelings, which are then translated into words. This derivative process condenses activity into words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe polar opposite process must happen for you, the reader. If these words resonate when read, they then recreate images, ideas, and feelings. In this way, it is possible for the writer and the reader to experience a very similar inner activity. The creative process of each reader has a life of its own. Ironically, as individuals we create our own unique inner activity, which can lead to a universal experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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