{"product_id":"horses-where-the-answers-should-have-been","title":"Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Twichell's] poems generate the requisite heat with the poet's precise, original and frequently brilliant use of language. . . . A major voice in contemporary poetry.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Twichell's poems] track the inner movements of one life with an unexpected freshness.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e called Chase Twichell \"a major voice in contemporary poetry,\" and this long overdue retrospective supports the claim. Selected from six award-winning books, this volume collects the best of Twichell's meditative and startling poems. A longtime student of Zen Buddhism, Twichell probes how the self changes over time and how the perception of self affects the history and meaning of our lives. Her poems exhibit a deep and urgent love of the natural world amidst ecological decimation, while also delving into childhood memories and the surprise and nourishment that come from radical shifts in perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat etiquette holds us back\u003cbr\u003efrom more intimate speech, \u003cbr\u003eespecially now, at the end of the world?\u003cbr\u003eCan't we begin a conversation\u003cbr\u003ehere in the vestibule, \u003cbr\u003ethen gradually move it inside?\u003cbr\u003eWhat holds us back\u003cbr\u003efrom saying things outright?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChase Twichell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poetry and the best-selling writer's manual \u003ci\u003ePractice of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the founding editor of Ausable Press and lives in rural New York with her husband, the novelist Russell Banks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chase Twichell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44816578773034,"sku":"9781556593185","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/imageloader_3b2312ed-062b-4898-8bc4-a9f416001182.jpg?v=1788983045","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/horses-where-the-answers-should-have-been","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}