{"product_id":"9780060927257","title":"Mornings Like This: Found Poems – Witty, Moving Poetry from Van Gogh's Letters and Old Books by Beloved Author Annie Dillard","description":"\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,\u003cbr\u003ebeloved author Annie Dillard has given us a witty and moving collection of\u003cbr\u003epoems 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\u003cbr\u003eheartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. A unique, clever, and original collection, Dillard’s characteristic\u003cbr\u003evoice sounds throughout the pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49926915948777,"sku":"9780060927257","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9780060927257.jpg?v=1765546346","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9780060927257","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}