{"product_id":"2940014274944","title":"Open Secrets \/ Inward Prospects: Reflections on World and Soul","description":"In her latest book, Eva Brann has collected observations and aphorisms written over more than thirty years. Open Secrets \/ Inward Prospects divides in a rough but ready way into two sorts: observations about our external world well known to all but not always openly told, and sightings of internal vistas and omens, wherein she looks at herself as a sample soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften the aphorisms balance opposing thoughts, as if the writer were—simultaneously—on both ends of the seesaw.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the preface Eva Brann describes her manner of composition: \"I wrote these thoughts down on about two thousand sheets, two to three thoughts per paper, and I kept them in some used manila envelopes, the earliest of which bore a postmark of 1972.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEva Brann is a member of the senior faculty at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where she has taught for over fifty years. She is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Her other books include The Logos of Heraclitus, Feeling Our Feelings, Homage to Americans, The Music of the Republic, Un-Willing, and Homeric Moments (all published by Paul Dry Books).","brand":"Dry, Paul Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145957654768,"sku":"2940014274944","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014274944_p0.jpg?v=1763605120","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014274944","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}