{"product_id":"9781462814985","title":"The Crowded World of Solitude Volume 2: The collected poems, including a bilingual section","description":"\u003cb\u003ePreface by LEIGH EDUARDO,  British poet and musician.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I have never met Albert Russo and yet, through his writing, I feel I have had that privilege.  He possesses that rare and enviable talent of being able to say what is important in a very few words.  His contributions to the literary world are amazingly varied, reminding one of an intellectual butterfly - able to flit from one topic to another, but having first drained it of its essential qualities.  Russo writes at all levels - a compulsive creator who is always going to have something important, or different , or both, to say.  His work reaches into the very soul of contemporary living.  Here, one comes to grips with many contemporary problems, all beautifully crafted and possessing the Russo hallmark of subtle observation.  Each poem is a gem in its own right. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “Albert Russo possesses that rare and enviable talent of being able to say what is important in a very few words.  His contributions to the literary world are amazingly varied, reminding one of an intellectual butterfly - able to flit from one topic to another, but having first drained it of its essential qualities -, a compulsive creator who is always going to have something important, or different , or both, to say.  Here, one comes to grips with many contemporary problems, all beautifully crafted and possessing the Russo hallmark of subtle observation.  Each poem is a gem in its own right.”  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEXPECTANCY \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  there’s a world at peace and there’s a world at war\u003cbr\u003e the frontiers between the two shift and overlap \u003cbr\u003e like waves over the breakers at low tide\u003cbr\u003e and as you watch the evening news\u003cbr\u003e you feel your heart skitter across the water\u003cbr\u003e on the safe side, or so you will yourself to believe\u003cbr\u003e but when in the dead of night you switch off the bedlamp\u003cbr\u003e the rumblings under your skin\u003cbr\u003e at first distant and familiar\u003cbr\u003e start sending out portentous signals\u003cbr\u003e then, somewhere around the solar plexus\u003cbr\u003e there’s an expectancy of pain \u003cbr\u003e searing as the alarm caused by a misfired thunder\u003cbr\u003e it shoots through the arteries to the cortex\u003cbr\u003e making the flesh quiver in its wake\u003cbr\u003e and suddenly the echo of a reverberating crackle \u003cbr\u003e turns your entire body into an electric web\u003cbr\u003e so tightly packed you instinctively\u003cbr\u003e embrace all the destructive power\u003cbr\u003e of mankind’s folly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e     \u003ccenter\u003eN E W S ! N E W S ! N E W S !\u003c\/center\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Congratulations!      Your submission to Writer´s Digest´s most recent Self-Published Book Competition was chosen as an honorable mention in its category!  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Your submission: \u003cu\u003eThe Crowded World of Solitude: The Collected Stories\u003c\/u\u003e Category: mainstream\/literary  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    As an \u003cu\u003ehonorable mention winner,\u003c\/u\u003e you will be listed along with other winners in the March 2006 issue. To get a sample of what the listing will look like, see the August 2005 issue, which profiles our most recent winners. Soon you will receive a formal letter from our competitions department. That letter will be accompanied by a \u003cu\u003eNotable Award Certificate and instructions\u003c\/u\u003e on how to collect your \u003cu\u003e$50 worth of Writer´s Digest Books. \u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Once again, congratulations! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Chuck Sambuchino \u003cbr\u003e  Assistant Editor \u003cbr\u003e  Writer´s Digest magazine \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e2008 BEACH BOOK BOOK FESTIVAL WINNERS! 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