{"product_id":"9781619321052","title":"Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e“[Twichell’s] poems generate the requisite heat with the poet’s precise, original and frequently brilliant use of language. . . . A major voice in contemporary poetry.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Twichell’s poems] track the inner movements of one life with an unexpected freshness.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e called Chase Twichell “a major voice in contemporary poetry,” and this long overdue retrospective supports the claim. Selected from six award-winning books, this volume collects the best of Twichell’s meditative and startling poems. A longtime student of Zen Buddhism, Twichell probes how the self changes over time and how the perception of self affects the history and meaning of our lives. Her poems exhibit a deep and urgent love of the natural world amidst ecological decimation, while also delving into childhood memories and the surprise and nourishment that come from radical shifts in perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat etiquette holds us back\u003cbr\u003efrom more intimate speech,\u003cbr\u003eespecially now, at the end of the world?\u003cbr\u003eCan’t we begin a conversation\u003cbr\u003ehere in the vestibule,\u003cbr\u003ethen gradually move it inside?\u003cbr\u003eWhat holds us back\u003cbr\u003efrom saying things outright?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChase Twichell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of poetry and the best-selling writer’s manual \u003ci\u003ePractice of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the founding editor of Ausable Press and lives in rural New York with her husband, the novelist Russell Banks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151748546800,"sku":"9781619321052","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619321052_p0.jpg?v=1763855508","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619321052","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}