{"product_id":"9781589880191","title":"Open Secrets \/ Inward Prospects: Reflections on World and Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her latest book, Eva Brann has collected observations and aphorisms written over more than thirty years.  \u003ci\u003eOpen Secrets \/ Inward Prospects\u003c\/i\u003e  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften the aphorisms balance opposing thoughts, as if the writer were—simultaneously—on both ends of the seesaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEva Brann\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Logos of Heraclitus\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eFeeling Our Feelings\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eHomage to Americans\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eThe Music of the Republic\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eUn-Willing\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eThen and Now\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eHomeric Moments\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by Paul Dry Books).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dry, Paul Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056204103920,"sku":"9781589880191","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781589880191_p0.jpg?v=1763802276","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781589880191","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}