{"product_id":"9780873388160","title":"Rooms and Fields: Dramatic Monologues from the War in Bosnia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2003 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These poems are full of surprises: the gods talk; ancient authors talk; the dictionary talks; very memorably, the bridge over the Drina River, roughly between Bosnia and Serbia, speaks two haunting poems. The dead talk, wolves talk, a teacher talks, with a chorus. Sometimes I like to imagine this long poem being staged. What the music would be! Who would do the sets! What languages . . .\u003cbr\u003eLee Peterson’s \u003cb\u003eRooms and Fields: Dramatic Monologues from the War in Bosnia\u003c\/b\u003e doesn’t have a single wasted breath; its sense of necessity never lets up; I always feel that the people and animals and landscapes being written about are being honored. The work is compassionate and single-mindedly alive to its high purpose. What a rare thing it is to find the meeting of historical, political, and poetic wisdom.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJean Valentine, Judge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRooms and Fields\u003c\/b\u003e is history not simply documented and explored but also deeply felt. A poetic inquiry, its concerns are uniquely and fundamentally intimate. Compassion drives this collection of spare and gracious poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033238880496,"sku":"9780873388160","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780873388160_p0.jpg?v=1769912148","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780873388160","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}