{"product_id":"9780807160145","title":"Dream Sender: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"“Huddle is a source of light in an often gray world.”—\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“[Huddle’s poetry is] luminous and majestic.”— Philip Deaver, \u003cem\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn account of spiritual survival through the practice of literary art, the poems in David Huddle’s eighth collection, \u003cem\u003eDream Sender\u003c\/em\u003e, move among a variety of poetic forms and voices. Here, a bear wonders why he could not have been a raccoon, a bird, or a meadow; and a five-year-old thrills to the forbidden taste of whiskey as he eavesdrops on his parents’ after-dinner conversation. By turns outrageous and pragmatic, Huddle’s poems acknowledge the powerful and disturbing currents of the contemporary world as they also explore the comfort and familiarity we find there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuddle’s poems illuminate the nature of relationships between family, friends, and even animals, celebrating their shortcomings, embarrassments, and eccentricities. At once frank and compassionate, \u003cem\u003eDream Sender\u003c\/em\u003e finds both humor and poignancy in human imperfections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118431617264,"sku":"9780807160145","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807160145_p0.jpg?v=1763743485","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807160145","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}