{"product_id":"mornings-like-this-found-poems-paperback","title":"Mornings Like This: Found Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Found poems are to their poet what no-fault insurance is to beneficiaries: payoffs waiting to happen where everyone wins and no one is blamed. Dillard culls about 40 such happy accidents from sources as diverse as a The American Boys Handy Book (1882) and the letters of Van Gogh. . . . the poet aims for a lucky, loaded symbolism that catapults the reader into an epiphany never imagined by the original authors.\" -- Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mornings Like This, beloved author Annie Dillard has given us a witty and moving collection of poems in a wholly original form, sure to charm her fans, both old and new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtracting and rearranging sentences from old and odd books--From D.C. Beard's \"The American Boys Handy Book\" in 1882 to Van Gogh's letters to David Greyson's \"The Countryman's Year\" in 1936--Dillard has composed poems on poetry's most heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. A unique, clever, and original collection, Dillard's characteristic voice sounds throughout the pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of curation, \u003ci\u003eMornings Like This\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the extraordinary hidden in the ordinary: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Original Literary Form: \u003c\/b\u003e Witness a master at work as Annie Dillard extracts and rearranges sentences from forgotten books to create something entirely new and breathtaking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWitty and Profound: \u003c\/b\u003e From the comical instructions in \"The American Boys Handy Book\" to the heartbreaking letters of Van Gogh, each poem finds the perfect balance between humor and depth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnexpected Sources: \u003c\/b\u003e Journey through a curated archive of odd and wonderful texts, including maritime charts, emergency care manuals, and natural histories, each transformed by Dillard's unique vision.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTimeless Themes: \u003c\/b\u003e Explore poetry's most heartfelt subjects--love, nature, mortality, and memory--woven together from the words of others into a singular, cohesive collection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMornings Like This, \u003c\/em\u003e Annie Dillard extracts and rearranges sentences from old--and often odd--books, and composes ironic poems--some serious, some light--on the heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. Clever, original, sometimes humorous, and often profound, this collection is sure to charm her fans, both old and new\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMornings Like This, \u003c\/em\u003e Annie Dillard extracts and rearranges sentences from old--and often odd--books, and composes ironic poems--some serious, some light--on the heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. Clever, original, sometimes humorous, and often profound, this collection is sure to charm her fans, both old and new.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378341511391,"sku":"9780060927257","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fu0fMwn2-39780060927257.webp?v=1789254445","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/mornings-like-this-found-poems-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}